School: Castlegannon, Mullinavat (roll number 13028)
- Location:
- Caisleán Geanainn, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Seán Ó Riain
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- (continued from previous page)tallow adhered to them. Each time the candles were dipped they became thicker. When they were thick enough she cut them off and rolled them on a board to make them round and smooth. These candles were called "dip candles" and they required to be "snuffed "very often. They were snuffed by means of a bit of wire or a hair-pin kept for the purpose. These candles were of a yellow colour. They were not good candles, but they were the best they had at that time.
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- Collector
- Ailís Ní Andraosán
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lukeswell, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- Patrick Anderson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Cruabhaile, Co. Chill Chainnigh