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School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)

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Ballydehob, Co. Cork
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J.W. Pollard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 450

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    bluish green colour. Then he sprays them, and after a month he sprays them again.
    In the month of October they are dug. It is with a spade they are dug. I picks the potatoes usually.
    Some people store them in pits and others in lofts., straw is put between the different kinds of potatoes. There are many kinds of potatoes grown in this district, some of which are : - "aran banners", "aran victors" "British queens" "Irish queens", "dates" epicures grow well in the district.
    Long ago starch was made from potatoes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Kingston
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathruane More, Co. Cork