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School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

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Knocknagree, Co. Cork
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Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 003

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    Candle-making:-
    The fat of a cow or a goat was got and melted into liquid and strained. They would put a mould standing in a sod of turf and put a wick of cotton thread through it and fasten it at the wide end with a nail. They would get a funnel and pour the liquid into it and leave it there until it hardened. Then they would pull it out with the nail and if it was stiff and difficult to pull they would heat it to the fire.
    Soap:-
    Melt the fat of a cow, mix it
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