School: Bennettschurch, Baile Mhic Cairbre

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1. Potatoes (continued)

   

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   eight inches of clay are piled up about four or five feet high and the pit shaped at the top. The potatoes are left in this for two or three months and are them removed into a barn. The neighbours help each other when setting the potatoes. The words said are "Da mbeirimíd beó ar an ám seo arís" Satrch is made by boiling the potatoes in sour milk and mixing flour with them.

   

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2. Tramps

   

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   Tramps call to my house from time to time. Sometimes the same ones come and other times different ones come. Their names are Big Bill Ryan, Mickeen Still, Healy, Mrs. Brunnock, Mrs. Guinan. Big Bill Ryan is a native of Limerick

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
         1. travellers (~3,023)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Bean Uí Riain

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   84

   Occupation

   Feirmeoir

   Address

   Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford