School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)
- Location:
- Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 340
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- Láidhe : - Long ago the people had no spades. They made a kind of spade called a Láidhe, It was in the forge that they were usually made, The were shaped much like a turfspade, They had only one tramp, There were not many of them made around here.Burning of lime, : - First they dig a round hole in the ground and build it inside with stones, They leave a hole in the bottom of it in order to put the coals in to light it, Then they get lime-stones and break them into small pieces, They get turf and fill the kiln with every second layer of turf and lime-stones, They leave it there a few(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anthony Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlehill, Co. Mayo
