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School: Baile Deasún (C.)

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Ballydesmond, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 549

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    This is how candles were made in olden times. When cows were killed the fat was taken out of them. Then it is put down on the fire to be melted it is taken up and poured into a mould. A stitch of woollen thread is placed in the middle of it. It is then left until it is hard and when it is hard it is taken out and the candle is then made.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hannah Brosnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreenduff, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Mary O Keeffe
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female