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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 269

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    part cut the potatoes, and by this is meant that they get a knife cut all good sound potatoes into "splits", each split must have at least one, two or three eyes, otherwise they would be "blind sets" and nothing would result from them.
    The people about here always plant their early seed before or after Saint Patrick's Day. Later seed is put down at the end of the end of March or early in April. They consider it very lucky to plant on Good Friday, and above all the have their potatoes down before the Cuckoo comes
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernadette Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Murray
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford