School: Punt Abhann (Pontoon)
- Location:
- Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Anastasia Ní Chonaire
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- (continued from previous page)for a few days before they are set. The pitcher fills a bucket of slits out of the bag. He follows the sticker and when the sticker makes a hole on the ridge he puts in a slit.
The manure is taken from the stable on a donkey's back in pardogs. It is taken to the field and it is unloaded. The loads are left apart every four yards. It is left there for one night and one day. Then it is spread over the ridget from end to end. Then it is covered with clay. When the little buds come up they are weeded and the furrows are dug deeper than they were at first.
The potatoes are sprayed in May or in the beginning of June. They are sprayed so as to keep them safe from blight. Spraying is done with a mixture of water, washing soda, lime and blue stone. They are sprayed with a spraying machine. The machine is filled with spray and the man who sprays carries the machine on his back. The best time to(continues on next page)- Collector
- Winnie Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo