School: Ballyhale (roll number 7914)
- Location:
- Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin
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- All the farmers made their candles long ago. Some made them in moulds but the 'dip' candle was much commoner. They killed a fat goat & made tallow of the fat. They made a wick from cotton thread. Then when the tallow was ready they dipped the wick into it and hung it up on a long stick with many little crooks in it. They passed along dipping each piece of wick & hanging it up and when they came to the other end of the stick the wicks dipped at first were dry and ready to be dipped again.
- Collector
- Siobhan Ní Eacada
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiltorcan, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Philip Dawson
- Gender
- Male