School: Cill Tártáin

Location:
Kiltartan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0137

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0137

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cill Tártáin
  2. XML Page 0137
  3. XML “Old Crafts - Candlemaking”
  4. XML “Lime-Kilns”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The light used in the district before the Tallow candles were known, and before the oil lamps were thought of, was what was called the "rush" light.
    The rushes were pulled beside a spring well or in a bog. The rushes were carefully pulled and steeped in grease for a day or two. When all the grease would be gripped on the would be left on the window to dry. Then they would light them as required.
    We light rushes made like that every Twelfth Night still.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corker, Co. Galway