School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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    for a while.Then they peeled them and dipped them into the bath of tallow.
    When we were going out the country for a walk last summer we saw a man making tallow candles in a bath. We were too late. He was taking the last candle out of the tallow. He took it out of the bath and rolled it on a board; then he left it up on the turf with the other candles. It was near the Nire, just at the end of the turf bogs, we saw the man making the candles.
    Peggy O'Brien, 1 Bank Lane
    Informant: Mr Michael O'Brien
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. candle-making (~728)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy O Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Michael O' Brien
    Gender
    Male