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School: Faythe Convent, Loch gCarman (roll number 11361)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0881, Page 440

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  1. Tallow Candles

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    Nowadays we buy the candles that are made in factories, but long ago they used, sold and made their own candles.
    The candles were made from tallow and wick. The tallow was the fat of the best rendered down, and the wick was a sort of a twine. First the fat was melted ten it was laid on a slab, which was used for the work, and the wick was laid down along the compliment of tallow and the man or woman who ever it may be, would keep on rolling this up and down until it would be in the shape of a candle. They would cut it about nine or ten inches long then this was the candle.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wexford, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs Kelly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wexford, Co. Wexford