School: Scoil Naomh Eoin, Bréachmhuigh (roll number 13781)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A.M. Mac Taidhg
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    are about three weeks up hoe them and take all the weeds and then moul them. When that is done. From about the twenty fifth of June to the First of July give them the first spraying the spray is made up eight lbs of sulphate of copper and about ten lbs of washing soda to every forty gallons of water. And about in seventeen or eighteen days give them the second spraying. On about the first of October the late potatoes are fit for digging. before they
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríd Ní Chonaire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Seosamh Ó Conaire
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonaghmore, Co. Mayo