School: An Charraig Bheag, Carraig na Siúire
- Location:
- Carrickbeg, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Comhraidhe
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- (continued from previous page)another rank so that there was no trouble in picking them. They chosed (?)them when picking them. This is how the pit was made. They dug a trench about a foot deep and put the potatoes in it. They dug a sod called a scrait and put the grassy side against the potatoes. Then they dug a smaller trench around and put on the pit in the form of a hay rick. Sometimes they thatched it.
- Collector
- Michael Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Joanstown, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mr John Mc Grath
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Joanstown, Co. Waterford