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School: Dunally (roll number 12752)

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Florence Egan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 105

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    Long ago there were no candles, the people had rush candles.
    First when the people started to make candles.
    First when the people started to make candles, they got the rushes and peeled them, they melted lard and dipped the rush in it, a rush candle would last for about two hours. They had no candlesticks either, so they used to stick the candles into a sod of turf.
    On "candlemas night" when all the neighbours gathered together in one house, they would make a lot of rush candles and they would have a large sod of turf and stick
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Hargadon
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs C Rooney
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    87
    Address
    Kilsellagh, Co. Sligo