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School: Gleann Beithe (B.) (roll number 4762)

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Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0473, Page 124

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  2. Na Seancheirdeanna

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    Na Seana Céardanna
    Bailighthe ag Seán Ó Ríoghardáin ó Droum
    Deineadh coinnle i nGleann Beithe fadó. Bhíodh mulla agus geir ag an nduine a bhíodh á ndéanamh.
    My grandmother told me this in English, she has only a little Irish. To make a candle you would get the mould and put it standing into something that would keep it, such as a soft sod of turf. Then you would get the wick and put it down into the mould and out through a small hole. You would then knot the wick to keep it.
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