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School: Tyrrellspass (2) (roll number 13743)

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Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs Payne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0731, Page 166

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    dampness. This smut can be prevented by a disinfectant. The disinfectant is put on the seed and then it is sown. Crows are a dreadful torment to the farmer when he sows his seed because they eat it all.
    Wheat produces a lot of food stuffs:- Flour, Meal, Bran, & Pollard. Wheaten straw is used for bedding horses. In Ireland the farmer makes a great mistake that he does not sow plenty of wheat.
    The Government says 'Grow more Wheat' but people don't do so. It war were to break out the people in Ireland would starve for want of food, because all wheat that comes to Ireland would be stopped by enemies in the Mediterranean Sea or on the broad Atlantic so if each farmer sowed 1/2 and acre or an acre of wheat he'd be sure of his loaf for every meal.
    Annie McKenna age 15
    Tore
    Tyrrellspass 24-6-1938
    Source of inf. Mr S. Payne (49) Tyrrellspass
    also Alan Hodgins s school chum of mine son of an extensive farmer in Dalystown
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Kenna
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Togher, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Alan Hodgins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dalystown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mr S. Payne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath