School: Cúl Seachtaine
- Location:
- Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Caitlín Nic Dhonnchadha
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- Spraying is usually done in the months of Summer, It keeps the blight away from the potatoes.
The mixture is bluestone and washing soda. The bluestone is put into a barrel of water to melt. The washing is put into a bucket of hot eater to melt also. Then both are mixed.
The mixture is put into a spraying machine. The machine is about one foot dour inches broad and two feet high. it is shaped like a barrel but(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael Fallon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moneen, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- James Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Moneen, Co. Roscommon