School: Rathwire (C.) (roll number 8416)
- Location:
- Ráth Ghuaire, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Mrs. Caffrey

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 423
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“This method is know to many in the parish of Killucan.”
There is a very strange method in the country for preventing smoke coming through white-wash or paint. A good deal of fresh cow manure is got and water is put in it until it is a thick liquid then it is strained. A white-wash brush is got and the wall is coated with this liquid first, then it is left for a few days until it is quite dry. It is white-washed then and it is a snow white colour and no smoke comes through the white wash.- Collector
- Mollie Coffey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 14
- Address
- Thomastown, Co. na hIarmhí