School: Coolavin (roll number 10422)
- Location:
- Monasterredan, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Braonáin
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- (continued from previous page)When they are fully grown they are sprayed. The spray is a mixture of blue stones, washing sods and water. This mixture is placed in a spraying machine and taken through the furrows so as to allow the spray to come in contact with every stalk and so prevent the blight from attacking them before they have reached maturity. If the weather is foggy or damp the stalks are usually sprayed a second time as it is believed that in foggy or damp weather the blight will effect them quicker and more severely.
Lastly they are dug, picked and placed in a hole where they remain until they are used.
The drawing below is a rough sketch of the type of spade locally used.
- Collector
- Rita Giblin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogher, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Thomas Giblin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Clogher, Co. Sligo
