School: Richmond (roll number 14400)
- Location:
- Richmond, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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- In Summer the potatoes are sprayed. They are sprayed with a spraying machine. First they steep the blue stone. They leave it steeped for about a day.
Then they get washing soda and they melt it in a bucket. Long ago the people used to spray with besoms. They spray to keep away the blight or a rot on the potatoes. The spray is made with water, washing soda, and blue stone. The potatoes are sprayed(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maisie Donnelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowkilleen, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Michael Donnelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Address
- Carrowkilleen, Co. Mayo