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School: Caisleán hAicéid

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Castlehacket, Co. Galway
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S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0025, Page 0140

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    About a hundred years ago people had no way of getting light except to make candles themselves.
    Mary Burke, Cluide, Corrandulla CO. Galway, used to do so. She lived until she was fifty years and she died about seventy years ago.
    She used to get a piece of linen thread to use as a wick, and she used to melt fat and tallow of every kind in a big bucket. Then she put a coat of it around the thread and left it up to cool.
    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
    Annie O' Dowde
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cluidrevagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Cluidrevagh, Co. Galway