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School: Ballynacargy (B.) (roll number 1731)

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Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
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E. Mac Óda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 468

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    “Long ago people used to make rush candles.”

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    they would dry.
    They would get an iron candle stick and put a rush at a time into it. The rushes would be slant in the candle-stick and would have to be pushed up when it would burn down a bit. Long ago every person made their own candles.
    Written by Thomas Nally
    I got this information from my father. Nicholas Nally Laragh. He was born and reared in Balroe aged 50 years. He got this information from his father.
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    “There were a good many tradesmen around this locality.”

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Blake
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Conlanstown, Co. Westmeath