School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)
- Location:
- Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Tomás Bineidh
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- (continued from previous page)are about six inches above the ground they are moulded again.
- The potatoes are dug out in the month of October.
Then thay are sorted and put in a put and left there until Spring.
The small potatoes are called pore-eans. The rotten potatoes are called "buggans".
The width of the pit is about one foot nine inches and a pit nine feet long will hold a ton of potatoes.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peter Cooley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullacash North, Co. Kildare