School: Liscarbin (roll number 13697)
- Location:
- Liscarban, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs. Margt Gannon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 123
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- 123Rush CandlesLong ago there lived a woman in out districk who used to make rush candles. She went out to the field and cut thick rushes, brought them in and peeled them and put them in the hob to dry. When they were dry she melted lard and dipped them in it. Then she got a piece of a board and put clay on it and stuck the newly made candles into it and then lit them. They would not show good light but that was the only sort of light she had.Brigid Agnes Earley.
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