School: Raharney (B.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Ó Conmhidhe
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- Craddanstown, Co. Westmeath
- In olden times people used to make churns out of sally rods. Patrick Donohoe Grangmore told me that his father used to make them. He got sally rods and turned some of them round then he put more of them through the round ones and then put felt round the churn. Then he made the bottom out of wood.
- Long ago people used to make their own candles. They used to get an alder stick and pare it. Then they got the(continues on next page)
