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Potato Crop

Abstract: Story collected by V. Gainfort, a student at Monart school (Monart East, Co. Wexford) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0893/3/28

 Monart [Vol. 0893, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Wexford Schools

COLLECTOR
Gainfort, V. 
Gender
male

Story text

transcribed at

 

The Potato Crop  [duchas:5006139]

134

The Potato Crop.

My . grows potatoes on his farm and has about three or four acres under them every year.  The amount varies.
My father or the workman prepares the ground.  The potatoes are sown and manure is put in the furrows.  The drills are made with a drill plough and sometimes with a spade.  The spades are bought in shops.
Potatoes are graded according to size for potato sowing and sometimes the big ones are cut in halves.  There must be an eye on each potato that is sown.  The potatoes are sown out of a " praskeen" or a box.  Some-times the people help one another when sowing potatoes by spreading the manure or by sowing the potatoes.  The people use potatoes instead of starch sometimes.

Name .    V. Gainfort.

Resource description

Origin information
Monart East, Co. Wexford
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 134
Volume 0893
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Elionóir, Bean Úi Fhuidhleach.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Potatoes   linked data (lcsh)
Potatoes--Prátaí
School location
Monart East Moing Airt Thoir Monart East Monart Scarawalsh Wexford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5133825
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0893/3/28

Suggested credit
"The Potato Crop"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5133825>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Elionóir, Bean Úi Fhuidhleach.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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