School: Lough Gur, Kilmallock (roll number 7117)
- Location:
- Loughgur, Co. Limerick
- Teachers: T. Collins P. Ó Seaghdha
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- (continued from previous page)Scallop making.
It gave a lot of labour where nowadays the slated roof will not be in want of repair for a great number of years. - Lime burning was practised in this district and all over the country long ago but nowadays it has almost ceased to exist, because it is only used for building purposes.
Long ago there were lime kilns in every farmer's land as they used lime for agricultural purposes, especially for tillage as artifical manures were unknown. It is used very much for tillage nowadays instead of lime when there is a shortage of farmyard manure. It is(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eileen Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughgur, Co. Limerick