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School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

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Killacrim, Co. Kerry
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Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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    and "raised to" again. When the stalks are very high they spray them. Then they take them little by little every day for a few months. Then the potatoes are dug in September. Some people dig them with a plough and others dig them with a potato-digger. All the people of the house pick them and the neighbours help them too. Then they make pits and this is the way they make them. They clean a place and draw all the potatoes to it and they cover it with rushes and scraws.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Bairéad
    Gender
    Unknown
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Barrett
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry