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School: Lacken (B.), Cill Mhichíl (roll number 13826)

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Lacken, Co. Clare
Teacher:
M. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0602, Page 086

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    Long ago the people used make candles from the fat of animals. When they used be making them all the people of the district used kill a cow and they used join together and dissolve the fat of the cows in a pot. They had a mould for making the candles. They put a cord through the centre of the mould for a wick. they poured the fat into it and they used leave it until it was hard.
    They used make baskets of osier rods. They used go to the bog and dig a sod the shape of the basket and they used pick a bundle of osier rods. They used stick the strong rods around the verge of the sod and then they used worked the slender rods in and out between them and continued until
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Proinsias O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahercannavan, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Micheál O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahercannavan, Co. Clare