School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 142
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- (continued from previous page)splendid luck with his cattle.
- (continued from previous page)and at Smith's in Farrell Street. The tallow was got at the butchers and boiled till it became liquid and then poured into a mould. A ball of cotton thread was used for wicks. The thread was double so that when the candle was made there was a loop of wick at the top.
A twine was run through the loops and the candles tied together in large bundles and hung from a crook in the ceiling. The candles had a very unpleasant smell and a dirty yellow colour. - Long years ago when St. Kevin lived in Glendalough, there lived also a poor woman and she had a little baby. She neither had milk nor the means to get(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
