School: Askeaton (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: D. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0502, Page 369
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- There were a lot of industries here long ago, one of those is still working, that is the carbide and lime mill, other industries were : -Candle making : To make a candle they used the fat of animal's, also a tin case in which they put the fat, this case was the shape of a candle, they also put a string in to it.Flour was made here in the mill, also carbide and lime. The lime and carbide making is still carried on.The people made churns and baskets, they made the basket's from squeezeloops.
The people were also good at spinning and weaving.
They made nail's here also. At a place called Stewick about 1¼ miles from the village, they also burned lime at the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Cullinan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr T. Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
