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School: Bailieboro (C.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
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Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1011, Page 154

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    Tallow Candles No 29.
    When a cow or a sheep was killed the fat was kept to make tallow candles. The fat was melted down in a grisset. A tin mould was made the shape of a candle with a nail in each end of it. A wick of cotton threads was tied on to the nail, passed through the mould and twisted round the other nail. Then the mould was stuck into a sod of turf. It was filled with melted fat and it was then allowed to cool. When it was cool it was a tallow candle. The candle was put in a 'sconce' or tall candle stick sitting on the floor. It had to be 'snuffed' now and again to make it burn brightly.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs P. Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan