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School: Caisleán hAicéid

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0025, Page 0028

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    15.2.'38
    Old trades.
    About forty years ago the making of candles was very common in the village of Bunnatubber. This is how the people made the candles.
    They melted lard in a pan and they dipped them in the lard. They then let them cool and when they were sufficiently cold they used them instead of lamps.
    They were also able to make baskets.This is the way they used to make them.
    They used to boil sally rods in a pot of water and then they used to peel the skin off them and weave them into a basket.
    Those baskets were used for different purposes. Some of them were used for carrying potatoes while others were used for carrying turf.
    Got by Mary Burke,
    Bunantober, Corrandulla Galway
    Got from Edmond Burke Age 53
    Bunantobar, Corandulla , Co Galway
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bunatober, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Edmond Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Bunatober, Co. Galway