School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Clongeen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)used in this district are made in Pierce's factory in Wexford.
Potatoes should be sown as early in Spring as possible, the earlier they are sowed the better, as the "blight" comes on them in July or August, and to prevent it, people have to spray them as early as possible. There is a special machine for spraying called a "spraying machine".
The spraying material consists of
"Bluestone" and Washing-soda, -
8 lbs Bluestone and 10 lbs Washing soda to 40 gallons of water, it must be the right strength and the man that is over the sprayer should be able to test whether it would be too weak or too strong.
When they are about two months sowed they weed them and earth them up with a plough.
About 1st July they dig the early potatoes but some people do not pick them until after 15th August.
When the potatoes are done growing and after the harvest they are ploughed up(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Busher
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Busher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Longgraigue, Co. Wexford
