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School: Soran, Longford (roll number 14683)

Location:
Soran, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Wilfred O'Callaghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0759, Page 144

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  1. Lime-Kiln (continued)

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    In this neighbourhood there are a few quarries out of which the raw material was got. When it was broken up into small pieces and some of it was placed on the bottom of the kiln and on top of it was put a sheet of turf. This was continued until the the kiln was full.
    The turf was set on fire and they continued burning for three days and after that the stones had crumbled into lime. After some time the lime was taken out and put in boxes it was left until the spring.
    When spring came some of the lime was scattered on the land to make it
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    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
    Philip Trapp
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Soran, Co. Longford
    Informant
    John Trapp
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Soran, Co. Longford