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School: Killurney, Cluain Meala

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Killurney, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567, Page 308

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  1. To Make Touche

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    get a small packet of saltpetre put it in a half pint of water and boil it. Then get a piece of calico or thick black paper and soak the calico or black paper in the saltpetre. This is now called touche. Then get a glassey black stone which is called flint ; tear a bit of the touche and leave it on the flint, then get a piece of steel strike the flint with the steel and sparks will fly on to the touche and it will light like a match.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Harvey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyknockane, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Harvey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Address
    Ballyknockane, Co. Tipperary