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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 232

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  1. Certain Days (continued)

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    wish at a certain time of the night he would get his wish. It is also said that if you heard a cock crowing that night you should go out at once and kill him.
    Annie Scanlon.
    From her grandfather James Collins.
    (80 yrs)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Old Crafts

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    Old Crafts.
    In former days people used to make candles out of fat meat. They used gather together when the sun would go down in a hut of straw and make candles. They used buy lighting tapers
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Scanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Collins
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick