School: Mercy Convent, Rathangan
- Location:
- Rathangan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Sr. M. Pádraig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 069
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- Patrick Mitchell, aged 80 years of Tullylast Rathangan told me that in his youth people gathered rushes in the bog. These were peeled, a work which required a certain amount of skill and dexterity. The rushes were then dipped in melted fat, and allowed to cool. They were then re-dipped and the process was continued until they were considered sufficiently thick. There were special holders for these "dips". They resembled a candle stick and had a kind of clip which tightened in on the dip. The vessel in which the "fat" was melted was known as the "griosadh".
Sluts - Another kind of taper called "Sloats" or "Sluts" was made from two piece of calico, half an inch in width was rooled, bandage fashion. These.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Kenny
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Mitchell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Tullylost, Co. Kildare
