School: The Vale (An Gleann)
- Location:
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Brolcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 387
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- In olden times before lamp oil was introduced into this country the making of candles was carried out in every homestead. The house-wife made her own candles form rushes and later resin candles.
The rush candles were made in a very simple manner. The green rushes were cut and the skin peeled off the pith all but a narrow strip down the whole length of the rush. They were then clipped in grease and in every house there was a long narrow basket about 15" long 3" in width and 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 metal grisset with a handle attached similar to that on a ledal. They had material for the wick and dipped it into the resin. At that period there was a candle-stick for the purpose of holding the rush and it would generally be set on the middle of the floor standing three feet high.(continues on next page)
