School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- (continued from previous page)put down with the wool for an hour or two. Then the wool is coloured green.
- Long ago every house had a lime-kiln. The people used to burn the lime stone which they got down Lecanvey. They used the lime for white washing or plastering their houses. They used to bring sand-sea from Lecanvey for the land.
- Collector
- Peigí C. M. Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Tadhg Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tawnyslinnaun, Co. Mayo