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School: Cúl Seachtaine

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Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
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Caitlín Nic Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0259, Page 010

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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
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Fallon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moneen, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Moneen, Co. Roscommon