School: Gortnessy (roll number 7235)
- Location:
- Gortinessy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. Nic Sheáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 329
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- When some people want lime they get lime stone in a quarry and burn it in a lime kiln. Other people who have not a kiln buy the lime in a shop. They break the stones into small bits and put them into the lime kiln.The lime kiln is a deep pit in the ground and there is a hole in the side of it to get the lime out through. They bring turf to the kiln and make a large fire in the bottom of it. They put in the lime stones and cover them with more turf. It is left burning for a day and a night and then the lime is taken out. Some of it still remains in white stones and some in powder. When we throw water on it [sic] it gets soft or “slackens” [?] and it is used for whitewashing. Long ago people used nothing but lime for building but cement is used now.
- Collector
- Ernest Crawford
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cullion, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr J. Hilliard
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 39
- Address
- Drumawark, Co. Donegal
