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School: Mounttrenchard, Leamhchoill (roll number 2540)

Location:
Mounttrenchard, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Nuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0481, Page 146

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    people have to spray them to prevent the blight.
    The potatoes are dug out in the end of September or the beginning of October. Those who have a large supply plough them out. They are left for a while in heaps in the garden. Then on a fine sunny day the are chosen and drawn into the haggard where they are pitted in the following way:_ A foundation is cut in the ground and the potatoes are nicely heaped in it. Then very dry hay or straw is put on the heap and over that a coat of soil is shovelled up to a depth about three inches. On top of this again they put a covering of rushes and then the whole thing is secured by tying with "sugháin" or hay-cords.
    The varieties of potatoes most common in this district are:- British Queens for the early kind and Kerrspinks for the main crop.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Crissie Noonan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mounttrenchard, Co. Limerick