School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

Location:
Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 062

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 062

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  1. Rush candles were used long ago they are not used now a days.
    The old people would not let anybody burn a tallow candles. The candlestick was like a weeding pincers with a little hook turned up for the tallow candle and a thick handle with a flat bottom with three long legs attached to the bottom of it. Tommy Gaynor brought one to the school he got it from John Gillis and he said that he could not clean it because it would go in pieces because it is so very old. The rushes are peeled first then dipped and greased in a grisset. Then they were ready for lighting and the light was as good as lamp light. There was a man named John
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Quinn
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Occupation
    Farmer