School: Duleek (C.) (roll number 3114)
- Location:
- Duleek, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0683, Page 107
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- (continued from previous page)while they put the tapers into the wax candles. They would then get elm leaves and burn them and smear them with the grease. Then they left the to dry before they used them.
- Long ago the old people used wax candles. Sometimes the people would make candles of their own. They would melt dripping or fat and put it to cool.
Then they bored a hole through the candle. Then they put cords into them.
These cords were greased with butter so that they would burn.(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mr Irwin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Duleek, Co. Meath
