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School: Scoil Naomh Eoin, Bréachmhuigh (roll number 13781)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A.M. Mac Taidhg
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    ten inches apart. Then you have to sow them and about six weeks they are ready for moulding and then in a week they are ready for spraying. The spray is made up by eight pounds of bluestone and then pound of washing soda to forty gallons of water for the first spraying. After eight days more they have to get the second spraying. About eight or nine days after that they have to get the third spraying. When they have their growth done they are dug and the big ones are separated
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Dhubhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pádraig Ó Dhubhthaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barney, Co. Mayo