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School: Nuadhan (Noan), Dúrlas Éile

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Noan, Co. Tipperary
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Máire Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0564, Page 412

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    In olden days the people made their own candles. They made them from the fat of a cow. They melted the fat over the fire then they got pieces of rushes and kept dipping these into the melted fat, cooling them and dipping again and again until the candle was thick enought. They let it cool off after each dip.
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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
    Eddie Sheehy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Erry, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    William Breen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Erry, Co. Tipperary