School: Kilbane, Broadford
- Location:
- Kilbane, Co. Clare
- Teacher: John Haugh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0587, Page 188
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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
- (continued from previous page)linen cut in strips, twisted, dipped in melted tallow and allowed to dry.
A mould was used for making candles.
[Diagram of candle showing where wick and nail are located.]
A nail with wick attached was put across the wide end. The other end of the wick was passed through the narrow opening of the mould. Melted tallow was poured in at the wide end and allowed to harden. The mould was then put into warm water for a few minutes to soften the tallow around the sides. The candle was then drawn out by means of the nail.
- Collector
- Kathleen Gunning
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Kathleen Sweeney
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Lizzie O' Halloran
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Lucy Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Nancy Haugh
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- William Shanahan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Michael Larkin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Kilbane, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Pat Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 98
- Address
- Kilbane, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Patrick O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Kilbane, Co. Clare
