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School: Cluain (1), Baile an Droichid

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Clonmore, Co. Carlow
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Ss. Ó Laochdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0908, Page 227

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  1. Homemade Candles

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    Around here when there were no shop candles the people made candles themselves. First they got lard and melted it into grease.
    They had a long thing about one foot long which they called a shape.
    The next thing they did was to put a string of linen up through the shape. Then they would leave it for a couple of days to harden
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Keogh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyshane, Co. Carlow