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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 214

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    About one hundred years ago the people of this locality made their own candles.
    They used to cut rushes and let them wither. Then they got resin and boiled it. Then they peeled the rushes and rolled the resin round them and the rush was in the middle for a wick.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. gnó agus ceird (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Shalvey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doire na Ceise, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Patrick Shalvey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doire na Ceise, Co. an Chabháin