School: Cill Chóirne (C.) (roll number 8829)
- Location:
- Cill Coirne, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)They are dug with a digger in Autumn and several neighbours join in the picking. They are all picked together and put in different heaps. Then they are sorted and put in a big pit where they are stored for the Winter.The kinds of potatoes my father grows are Arran Banners and Kerr Pinks. The Arran Banners are usually a better crop. Potatoes were used as starch long ago."Get a pratie or two,
And scrape it into glue.
And that will do.
For your high-caul-cap."- Informant
- Timothy Leader
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- An Gleann Liath, Co. Chorcaí