School: Cillín
- Location:
- Cillín na Tríonóide, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 515
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- In olden times, people made candles out of rushes. First they got a rush and peeled all the green of it, except a little. Then they put the rush in grease or butter. Then they left the rush in the grease for a while, and when it was fit for lighting the people took the candle out of the grease.
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- Collector
- Children of Killeen National School
- Informant
- James Mc Hale
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Mhoing Riabhach, Co. Mhaigh Eo
