School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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- (continued from previous page)The farmers put salt on the corn if there is a worm in it. They get a bag of salt and put some of it into a bucket and sow it like corn. It is sowed when it is not coming on.
When the potatoes come up they grub them and then they mould them. They let them grow for a while, then they grub them and mould them again, and hoe them and take the weeds out of the drills.
Then they get ready to spray. They put the blue-stone into a barrel and put water on it and let it melt. They get the sprays and put the stuff into it. They spray secondly and thirdly to keep the blight away.
The people sprayed more(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- John Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan