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School: Gormanstown, Árd Fhíonáin (roll number 5615)

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Gormanstown, Co. Tipperary
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 461

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    the potato blight. In Autumn when the potatoes are ripe the drills are split by the plough and the potatoes are picked. The ground is harrowed and all the potatoes that remain in the clay are picked. They are then put into long pits in the fields and covered with straw and clay to save them from the frost. In Winter they are drawn home and the bad ones and the small ones are seperated from the good ones. The small ones and the bad ones are given to he pigs.
    Long ago the potatoes were grown in ridges and nearly all the work was done by the spade. The spades were made by the local blacksmiths.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Lonergan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr O. Lonergan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gormanstown, Co. Tipperary