School: Loughcrew (roll number 6488)
- Location:
- Loughcrew, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eibhlis, Bean Uí Sheinchín
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- (continued from previous page)My Uncle, Charles Watson told me of the candle making
- A Local Craft9-2-38About two years ago a man named Jack Lynch kept a kiln in which he burned lime, in Knockbaack.
At first he used to light a fire with sticks and turf and then put a layer of limestones and a layer of culm, a layer of limestones and a layer of culm, and so on until the kilm was full.
The good lime will come out powdery and as white as flour, sometimes a lot of sandstones are found mixed through.
The kiln is about ten feet deep(continues on next page) - Collector
- Tommie Gibson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Naper's Dome, Co. Meath
