1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Fairgreen

School: Fairgreen

Location:
Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Mac Gabhann
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 431

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 431

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Fairgreen
  2. XML Page 431
  3. XML “Folklore - Candle-Making”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Folklore - Candle-Making (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    splits to show them light through the house any where they were going.
    The children ate their supper from what they called piggens or noggins. They were little wooden vessels with hoops on them and the spoons they used were bone.
    This story was told to me by Mrs McChesney Church St Belturbet - aged 72 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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