School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)
- Location:
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peter Duignan
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- Long ago at the Harvest and Potato Digging the people seldom went into the house for their meals. They lived upon which they roasted out in the fields. A number of potatoes in a fire was called a cast".
Some-times weeds were burned and the potatoes were roasted in the ashes- Collector
- Thomas Gelshenan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lettergullion, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Bernard Mc Loughin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 33
- Address
- Crowdrumman, Co. Longford