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School: Fairgreen

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 430

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    This is how candles were made long ago. People gathered bull rushes peeled and dried the inner parts of them in tallow, the tallow was fat that was preserved from animals. Some made candles from wax but it was very dirty and was always spitting. What they had next for light was a stone bottle with a tin top to put the wick in and then they filled it with fat rendered and hung them on the wall to give light. Many families of children learned their lessons by light of the fire as there was a lamp of bog fur and they had it preserved in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ruth Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Belturbet, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Chesney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Belturbet, Co. Cavan