School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Bun an tSábhairne, Corcaigh
- Location:
- Crosshaven, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSr. Caitríona
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0391, Page 063
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In olden times the people made their own fires by means of flint and steel. The method of making the fire was by rubbing the flint against the steel, which then made sparks. Every householder kept a cow's horn, which was filled with half burned rags, and were kept very dry so at the least spark of the flint the rags took fire. Some people used spunk, which was made by dripping brown paper into a liquid of salt peter and water. It was then dried. A spark on this from the flint would make fire immediately.
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“Round the Irish coast the people had no trouble in making night lights or candles...”
Round the Irish coast the people had no(continues on next page)