School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

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1. Old Houses (continued)

   

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   of lettuce wire and narrow bars of iron.
   In my district half-doors are common and are nearly in every old cottage and farmhouse.
   The old people used to burn turf and sticks but they used not burn any coal as it was scarce. They had homemade candles for giving light at night. They used to make the candles by killing a sheep and getting the fat of the sheep. They would then render the fat in a hot pan and they would put the fat into a mould and leave it there until it got into shape. Before they used put the rendered fat into the mould they used to make a wick out of twisted cords and then put the wick through the middle of the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas King

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kiltomy, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Patrick Mulcahy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   69

   Address

   Kiltomy, Co. Kerry