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School: Lattoon

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Lattoon, Co. Cavan
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P. Ó Hiorraí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 267

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  2. Old Crafts

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    In olden times before lamp-oil was introduced into this country the making of candles was carried out in every home-stead.
    The house-wife made her own candles from rushes + later resin candles. The rush candles were made in a very simple manner. The green rushes were cut + the skin pealed off the pith all but a narrow strip down the whole length of the rush. They were then dipped in grease + in every house there was a long narrow basket about 15" long, 3" in width + about 5" in depth to place the candles in. At a later period the people started making resin candles. They melted the resin in a
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