School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 129
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- (continued from previous page)There was a wall built around each class. There were two teachers in the school, one was for teach them reading and writing and sums, and the other was to teach them how to make candles and baskets and wooden tools.
This is how they made the candles. They peeled some rushes and dipped them in fat. Then they let them cool. When they were cool they dipped them in the fat again. They kept doing this until the candles were tick enough for use. They made the candles for the poor people. The made the baskets from light sticks.
- Collector
- Gwen Atkinson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monavea, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mary Wade
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardateggle, Co. Laois
