School: Urhan (C.) (roll number 12260)
- Location:
- Urhin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eimile Ní Urdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0276, Page 167
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Long ago the people used not use any candles or oil like now. They used to use rushes instead. This is the way they used to use them. They used to go out and gather a bundle of rushes and peel them and leave on slip of green on them to keep them firm. They used put a tin vessel like the shape of a boat called a slighire on the fire. They used to put lard into it and leave it melt. Then they used to take it up and dip the rushes one by one into the lard and take them out and leave them dry.
