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School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
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Kathleen Morris
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 158

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    Rush Candles. You would have to go to bottom land where thee would be strong rushes about two feet long . Cut them with a hook . Break off the thin tops and peel the rushes leaving two little strips of the green on to strengthen the rush . Then you put the sIosgAn of rushes on the sugar ( a frame of wooden sallies) to dry . You put down grease in a crust ( a boat shaped pot ) and melt it. Take a bundle of rushes and dip them in it .Then you put them into a candle trough to cool. Then you put them into a candlestick placed on the middle of the floor. This was a wooden article with a sort of pincers on top to hold the rush candle . On the top of the candlestick there was a snuffers. This was a small article like a thimble used for quenching and knocking off the inside part of the candle.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gertie Duff
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Mrs Gill
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    69
    Address
    Killinbore, Co. Longford