School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)
- Location:
- Ballynaberney, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: C. E. Kidd
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- 243The taking out of the potatoesWhen we are taking out the potatoes we hire extra help. We nearly always take them out with a potato digger. This makes the picking easy because it leaves no potatoes in the sods. Two good horses are well able to pull the digger, but it is called "the horse killer." Other people take them out with the double plough.
This plough splits the drills in two and it leaves a lot of sods to be shaken. Here are some of the potatoes we sow Arran Banners, Up-to-Dates, British Queens and Kerry Blues. We generally take them out in October
Robert Masterson,
Tomanoole,
Ballycarney,
Ferns- Collector
- Robert Rasterson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tomanoole, Co. Wexford