School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Giolla Críost
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 233
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- Andrew Smith was the most popular of candle makers. He lived in Mullamagavan. He used to make the candles from rushes. He used to go out into the fields and pull the rushes and peel them, leaving a strip on each side of the rush.
He used to leave them on the hob for a few days, and then soak them in fat or lard. They were ready for use and burnt in a candle stick with jaws on it like pliers. He is still living, but the trade has died out.
- Long ago before the establishment of factories James Cassels used to weave thread into cloth. The wool, when shorn from the sheep, was spun into thread.
He cut the wool from the sheep with shears and he used to weave it with his hands. Every household had its spinning wheel(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brigid Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Beaghy, Co. Cavan
