School: Gormanstown, Árd Fhíonáin (roll number 5615)
- Location:
- Gormanstown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Peadar de Mhóiréis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 429
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- How candles were made long ago.
People made their own candles long ago. They used to get hog's lard and melt it in a pot. Then they would get a long cord and cut it into pieces the lenght of a candle. They used to twist three of these together. They used to tie them to a stick and let them hang into the melted lard. They used to take them out and hang them up to cool. They used to dip them into the lard a second time and a third time until they were quite round and fit for use.
- Collector
- Michael Keating
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gormanstown, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Coffey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyhist, Co. Tipperary
