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School: Convent Girls' School, Ballymote

Location:
Ballymote, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 149

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    The method used in burning lime is first to collect a quantity of lime stone which is broken up in small pieces. Then a fire of turf is lighted in the kiln and on this fire some broken stones are put each day until the kiln is filled and after a day or two the stones will be burned into lime which is drawn out from a small door at the bottom of the kiln and which is now ready for use.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. lime-burning (~280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Kielty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymote, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Kielty
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymote, Co. Sligo