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School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

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Killacrim, Co. Kerry
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Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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    Long ago there were no candles there and people used to kill a cow instead of a pig and they used to make candles with the tallow of a cow or a goat. They used to put the tallow into the bog and leave it there until it would be fit to melt. Then they used to put it into moulds and put a rush instead of a wick in the centre.
    They used to grow flax in our district long ago. When it was ripe they used to pull it and put it down in a bog and take it up and dry it and then weave it. Then it would be spinned.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Mac Sithigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Richard Sheehy
    Gender
    Male