School: Moylough (C.) (roll number 13832)
- Location:
- Moylough, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Margaret Devine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0076
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- (continued from previous page)some way ordinary wood being used.In years gone by nearly every farmer round here had his own lime kiln in which he burned his lime. The kiln was filled with limestone and good black turf in alternate layers, and then set on fire. There was no difficulty in getting limestone because it abounds in the district. The people required more lime then than now because nearly all the houses were white washed outside as well as inside. To day the houses are mostly rough-casted or finished with a cement wash.When the Autumn work was finished and the crops gathered in, some of the older men often went to the sea side in Dunmoran. Sometimes, they walked there, but more frequently they went on a horse and cart. When returning home they brought lots of sea weed with them. This they dried and made into good, strong whips.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Gildea
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moylough, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- James Brennan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moylough, Co. Sligo
