School: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (roll number 15829)
- Location:
- Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mrs Nora Lally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 276
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- Long ago they made candles from rushes and tallow. Others were made of wick dipped in Tallow and were called "Dipps". They showed good light my granddad says.
- Collector
- Nora Dolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Timothy Ruane
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
- Flax is and annual plant, bearing pretty blue flowers. A field of flax in blossom has a pretty appearance and is allowed to grow till the seeds are nearly ripe.
When the flax has lain long enough in the water it is taken out, washed, dried and combed so that the long fibres are separated from the shorter ones.
The operation of spinning which it next undergoes, consists in drawing out several of the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Nora Dolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Timothy Ruane
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
