School: Cullies
- Location:
- Cullies, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Clarke
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When the potatoes come over the ground they are moulded. Then they are sprayed to prevent a disease called blight from comming on them. In October they are dug and put in heaps called pits. The drills are dug with a potato-digger and the ridges are dug with spades.
When they are dug with a digger they are scattered about. This makes them very hard to gather and it also takes a large number to gather them. When they are dug with spades they are left in rows on the ridges and are easily gathered.
The names of the potatoes are Kerr Pinks, Epicures, Arran-Banner, Arran-Piolet, Arran-Victors are Arran Crests. There are more Kerr-Pinks grown in this(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Magorry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cullies, Co. Cavan
