1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

Location:
Cavan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 132

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 132

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan
  2. XML Page 132
  3. XML “The Potato Crop”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    sprayed for the prevention of blight this is done two or even three times if necessary.
    In Autumn the digging season begins.
    The digging is done with a spade, and are picked of the ridges by hand.
    They are stored in pits covered with clay in the field. The potatoes grown best in the district are Kerr's Pinks, being the best for the table use, other types grown are Arran Banner, Arran Victor, and Epicures.
    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
    Betty Cullen
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Gartnasillagh, Co. Cavan