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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 275

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    potatoes and then he throws them into a bag. The potatoes are stored in pits. A pit is made by digging a hole in the ground and then throwing the potatoes into it. Then they place rushes over them and over them they place a quantity of clay.
    The local names given to the potatoes are, the Queens, the Scots, the Aran Banners, the Aran Victors, the Kere-pinks and Epicures. Other local names given to the potatoes are "dig me when the male is out", "dig me or I will burst the ridge" and the "holy terrors". Most of those are gone out of existence nowadays.The types of potatoes that grow best in this locality are the "Kere-pinks" and the "Epicures".
    In olden times the people procured all the starch that they needed from the potatoes.
    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
    Rose Mc Gennis
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coragh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr P. Mc Gennis
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coragh, Co. Cavan