School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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if the weather is favourable.
Digging takes place in the months of October and November. A number of men again gather together and dig with spades, and the small boys and little girls pick them. They are stored away into large pits, and left in the fields during the winter. "Champion" potatoes suit the soil of this district best.- 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