School: Sráid na Cathrach (C.) (roll number 8851)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Úna, Bean Uí Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 534
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- In days gone by, the people called candles tallow.
They rendered the fat off the goats and sheep and put it down near the fire so that the fats would melt together.
Meanwhile they got a mould and put a piece of wick in the centre.
Then they put the melted fat into the mould and then let it get hard.
The people used to pound the kelp into very fine pieces and put it into water and let it boil for three hours.
When the kelp would be boiled away they put about ten hanks of flax thread into the boiled water.
When that was boiled for another three hours it was washed and put out to bleach.
That was the kind of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Callinan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs Foudy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- Over 70
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
