School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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The names of the potatoes that grow in this district are Kerr's Pinks, Arran Banners, Arran Victors, Black Champions, British Queens and Beauty of Hebrew.
Potatoes were used instead of starch years ago the people bought no starch they used to grate the potatoes and make starch out of them, by squeezing the potatoes through a cloth and draining the liquid into a vessel and leaving it for some time the the starch sets to the bottom. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Adina Heaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumegil, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Boylan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumegil, Co. Cavan