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School: Cnoc Aoibhinn (Mount Pleasant) (roll number 13500)

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Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Longáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090, Page 114

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    Children usually spread the slits. The drills are then closed with the plough.
    When the stalks appear above the soil they are moulded with the plough.
    Care of potato crop.
    If heavy rain falls in June or July blight falls with it. This blight burns the young stalks and to prevent this they are sprayed with blue stone and washing soda. Ten pounds of blue-stone are mixed with eight of washing soda. This amount makes one barrel. The washing soda is dissolved in hot water. The blue-stone is tied in a canvas bag and put into a barrel of water. It is left like this until it is dissolved. Then he water containing the washing soda is added. The mixture is
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Bourke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathnacreeva, Co. Mayo