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School: Loughmoe (B.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7694)

Location:
Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Liam Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0551, Page 014

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  3. XML “Thatching”
  4. XML “Burning Lime”

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  1. Thatching (continued)

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    a sheares. The mallet is used to drive scollops through the thatch. The rake is used to rake all the loose straws off the roof and the sheares is used to cut the eave.
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  2. Burning Lime

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    There are a ruins of a lime hill in our field. My father saw lime being burned in it. He made it with turf, colm and lime stone. It is made by burning stones with colm and turf. The turf is put in first, then the colm and then the stones.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. lime-burning (~280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballybristy, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Denis Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballybristy, Co. Tipperary