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School: Killurney, Cluain Meala

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Killurney, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567, Page 309

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  1. Making Candles

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    People about forty years ago used make their own candles. They bought the fat of the sheep and some wick. They brought it home, and boiled the fat of the sheet which was called tallour. They used to put the wick down in the pot and keep stirring the wick around, until the candle was made. These candles were called "dip candles".
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  2. The Mass Path

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    When I leave my house to go to mass, I turn to my right to go down an avenue leading to a farmer's house. At the end of the avenue there is a style going into a field. There is a path running across the centre of the field, which is called the Mass Path. I cross this field and and at the end of it there is a stream which I cross by a bridge, into another field. In this field
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killurney, Co. Tipperary