School: An Clochar, Roscrea
- Location:
- Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An Mháthair M. Ní Thuathaigh
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- (continued from previous page)out, but in some places a potato digger drawn by one horse is used. The boys pick the potatoes after the machine.
When all are picked they are put into a pit. "Golden Wonders" and "Skerries" are the potatoes mostly sown around Roscrea. - A fair is held in Roscrea once a month. It is held in the streets as there is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Madeline Minogue
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Parkmore, Co. Tipperary