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School: Graughlough

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Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
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Mrs Wade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1002, Page 094

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1002, Page 094

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  1. XML School: Graughlough
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  3. XML “The Potato Crop”
  4. XML “Old Schools”

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    after it. The people go in threes. The potatoes are covered. Later they are tidied up and covered clay in the pits.
    There are different varieties of potatoes. The early varieties are Epicures, Early roses and Flounders, Kerr-pinks, Arran-banners Kerry-blues. The champion potato used to be grown in this district now it is the kerr-pink that is grown instead of it. In olden times the people used to grate the potatoes and take the starch out of them. When they dried the starch they would use it for flour.
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  2. Old Schools

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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Billy Kincaid
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Seeharan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr R. Kincaid
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Seeharan, Co. Cavan