School: Inishcaltra
- Location:
- Cappaduff, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Loingsigh
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- In the year 1845 - 46 the potato crop failed. In the Summer of 1845 the blight fell on the potatoes and then they all failed throughtout the whole country. When the potato crop failed the people had to eat grass and all class of herbs and plants.
Since then the potatoes never failed.
Nowadays people spray their potatoes three and four times to prevent the blight. Long ago you would be called a rich man if you were the owner of a horse and car.- Collector
- Maura Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloontymweenagh, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Miss May Flannery
- Gender
- Female