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School: Dunmanus, Toormore

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Dunmanus East, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Helena Lucey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 212

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    In olden times when no lamps or candles were to be had the people used splinters of fir to give light. In later years they used candles which they themselves made. When a cow or sheep was killed tey kep the tallow to make the candles. First they melted it. Then they got a shap called a mould. There was a point in one end of the mould which was fastened in a turnip or a sod of turf after which the wick was pulled through over a nail at the other end. They poured in the melted
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