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School: Aughaconey

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Aghaconny, Co. Cavan
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S. Mac Síomóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0989, Page 285

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    Candle Making.
    The way to make a rush candle is to get a good thick rush and peel off the 2/3s of the skin of it. Leave on a bit of skin so as to keep it together. Then leave it out in the sun for a couple of day's to season. Melt some grease in a grisset and dip the rush in it and the rush will soak the grease because it is dry. A grisset is a sort of a pan which was used long ago for mealting grease in for rush candles. The people long ago when they had the candle made used to put it in a candle stick about three feet high and there used to be prong's on it like plier's. A rush candle was the only sort of a light the people had long ago
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    A grisset for melting grease in for rush candles.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mollie Galligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghaconny, Co. Cavan