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School: Coill Bheithne, Baile Mhistéala (roll number 11286)

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Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cathasaigh
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    used to give light at night. They used to dip the rushes in grease of any kind and put a cord into them for a wick and light them instead of a candle.
    They used to bake griddles and eat them for food. Some people had different ways of giving light. They used to fill a bottle of oil, and put a cork in the bottle and make a hole in the cork, and put a which in the bottle and drive it out through the hold in the cork, and light it and it used to give light.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Coolyregan, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolyregan, Co. Cork