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School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)

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Glen, Co. Sligo
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Proinnsias Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 360

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    twenty-four hours. When it is taken out it is red hot but is spread out to cool.
    First the lime-stones are quarried with a "cro-bar". The rock from which the lime stone is taken is first broken into two or three parts then it is broken into four or five other parts and brought as far as the lime-kiln where it is broken into pieces about three inches long and two inches wide. The stones are placed even in the kiln so that they can all burn and according as the stones are being taken out in the bottom the over head stones fall down and as they fall down more are put in their places so that the kiln is always full.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. lime-burning (~280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martha Mc Keon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathmulpatrick, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Keon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Rathmulpatrick, Co. Sligo