School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Béal Átha hÉis, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: T. Plunkett
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- (continued from previous page)the field slopes from East to West then the pit is from East to West so that the rain water will drain away from the pit. The potatoes are not put in wet because if they were wet in the pit they would rot. The small potatoes are taken home and are used immediately for fowl feeding but for pig-feeding especially. The potatoes are drawn in from the field in the end of Autumn and stored in the barn. The different varieties are separated and kept by themselves. There are several varieties of potatoes such as Kerr's Pink, Arran Bannero, Flounders, Champions, Arran Victory, Arran Chief, Windsor Castle, Red Skin, Puritan, Epicure, Duke of York, Ulster Monarch, America Roses, Up-to-Dates. Bread is made from potatoes. Potatoes are got and cleaned and are grated on a grater. Then the water is extracted from them and it is mixed with flour and then baked. The old people call it "boxty." Another way to make bread is to bruise(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philip Baxter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Droim Mullaigh, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Joe Baxter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Droim Mullaigh, Co. an Chabháin
