School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)
- Location:
- Philpotstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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- (continued from previous page)and then to the decoy. From that to Walterstown.Written by, Mary T. Kierans, Lismullen, Navan.
Told by, Richard Kierans.
- Candles were made in every house long ago. They were called "tallow-candles." An oval-shaped pot, not more than six inches high, with three little legs under it and a handle on it, was used to melt the tallow. The tallow was very thick oil which was made from the fat of old horses. The pot was called a "grissit." Then the inside of a rush was taken and dipped in the tallow and left to harden. The lamp used was called a "Shliggeh." We have a "grissit" at home. It is rusted now.
- Collector
- Mary Kierans
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismullin, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Richard Kierans
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lismullin, Co. Meath
