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School: Druim Mór (roll number 16278)

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Dromore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0166, Page 256

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    Torch-making was a great industry, in this district. The people gathered fir in the bogs. They left it beside a fire until it was quite dry. Then they put the fir into a sod of turf and the sod was as good as a candle-stick.
    Sometimes these torches were sold at markets in Ballina or Sligo.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Dromore West, Co. Sligo