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School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)

Location:
Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
M. Ní Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 278

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    Long ago instead of burning candles, as people do now, they got rushes, and picked them, and dipped them in grease, and in this way they had ligth to get around on their work. Others of them got bog-deal, and dried it, and cut it thinly, and put it into a long candlestick. That would be the only light they would have.
    In those days people hardly knew what tea was. The ate potatoes three times daily, and meat was a luxury at Christmas and Easter.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Broughan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Sarah Whelan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Ballyedmond, Co. Carlow