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School: Marlfield, Cluain Meala

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Marlfield, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mary E. Skally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567, Page 218

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    Another way the people made candles was. They cut green rushes and left them wither for about a month. Then they got a pot of fat and boiled it and dipped the rushes into it several times until the fat got hard and the withered rushes would be the wicks
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Marlfield, Co. Tipperary