School: Sráid na Cathrach (C.) (roll number 8851)

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1. Old Trades

   

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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

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Callinan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Mrs Foudy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   Over 70

   Address

   Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare