School: Clonin, Mountrath (roll number 15932)

Location:
Clonin, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Bean Uí Bhraoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 411

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  1. My Grandmother who is eighty four years of age told me that she remembers well making rush Candles. She used them to light her house abut fifty years ago. The way my grandmother told me to make them is. First to gather some strong rushes and peel them carefully leaving a bit of the skin down the back of the rush to keep it firm. Then to dry them on the heart stone. Melt some lard on a pan. Then to dip the rushes on the grease of the lard, and let it harden on the rushes. One rush would burn for half an hour.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Brophy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Informant
    Elizabeth Brophy
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Derrynaseera, Co. Laois