School: Leitir Bric (roll number 14924)

Location:
Letterbrick, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Grannacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 517

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  1. Long ago there were no candles for sale but some people made them. Michael Daly of Boughadoon made candles from a cotton thread and tallow.
    He would tie threads on a piece of a rod. Then he would put the tallow into a pot and boil it. Then he would dip the threads into the pot and when he would pull them up there would be a coat of tallow on them. He would leave the threads there until the tallow would be frozen. When it would he would dip them into the pot again and so on until the candle would be thick enough.
    The was some great weavers long ago also. There was a great weaver in Letterneevogue named John Coyne. He could weave towels and tablecloths. He would weave flannel in diamonds of different colours.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tawnakeel, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Charles Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Tawnakeel, Co. Mayo