School: Koilmore (roll number 14115)

Location:
Cuilmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Murchadha
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  1. The old people used to make a light by feeling the green skin off of a rush. The next thing they used to do was to get tallow and melt it. Then they used to get a múnla and place the peeled rush in the middle of the múnla. They used to pour the melted tallow into the múnla. After a while the tallow used to get hard. Then they used to light the candle at night.
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