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School: Dangan (C.) (roll number 7499)

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Dangan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Maighréad Ní Fhógartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 189

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 189

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    They used to make the candles out of rushes and boil the rushes in boiled fat. The candle-sticks were made of a piece of iron which was bent like the letter "v". Then there was a hole down the middle of the iron and they used to put the candle down in to that. Then there was another piece of iron put on the left hand side of it. Therefore the top of the "v" and the top of the handle make something like a mouth on the candle-stick.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Clarke
    Gender
    Female