School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)enough potatoes to provide them for a whole year if they are fortunate enough to have eleven or twelve drills.
Potatoes can be cooked in many ways.
When boiled or steamed good potatoes look white and floury.
It is necessary the crop should be sprayed once or twice during the season with blue stone and water. If this is done properly it prevents blight and a healthy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seosamh O Cais
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garrynamann Lower, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Cass
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garrynamann Lower, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Cass
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garrynamann Lower, Co. Kilkenny
