School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)
- Location:
- Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs. Flood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 167
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- (continued from previous page)until the lime-kiln is filled with lime. It usually takes two days and two nights to burn a lime-kiln. When the lime-kiln is burned scraws are put on the top of it to prevent any rain from getting into it because rain would spoil the lime. Sometimes the lime is put into barrels to keep it dry and clean. When the lime is fresh it is called quick lime. When it becomes old and damp it is called slack lime.
- Long ago the people in my district used rush candles. This is how they made them-: They gathered the rushes and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Fahey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Levallyroe, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Fahey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Levallyroe, Co. Mayo
