School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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- A lime kiln is generally a big hole cut out of a bank of gravel or clay wide enough to have the inside built around with free stone being careful to have it narrow at the bottom and a gullet left at the bottom for to take out the lime.Then widen the body as you build it up until you get more than half ways up according to the size. Then be inclined to narrow it on to the to[p?] being careful to have it built without any air holes in the sides. O[?] if drawing air the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tessie Rogers
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathbaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Rogers
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathbaun, Co. Mayo