School: Baile Uí Argáin, Cill Moicheallóg (roll number 7237)

Location:
Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
A. Ó Hódhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0511, Page 053

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0511, Page 053

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  1. Long ago people used make their own candles. They used get a piece of tin the shape of a pump of a bicycle with a hole in the middle and they used run a cotton thread through the middle of it to make a wick. Then they would pour in the tallow and leave it to cool. They used make soap of a nitrate of soda and tallow and carbolic acid. Baskets were made out of bamboo twigs and sally twigs peeled and then they would boil them in oil to make them tough. Then they would weave them together to make baskets out of them. When a smith is working in a forge he has to make a big fire with slack coal damped in water. This causes more heat. He puts in a piece of steel and when it is well red he takes it out with a tongs and hammers it to make a shoe for a horse. They used dye clothes with the dandelion and garlic. The dandelion and garlic were boiled and left draw.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs T. Noonan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    38
    Address
    Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick