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School: Cloughjordan (No. 1) (roll number 3348)

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Cloch Shiurdáin, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
Miss F.H. Thomson
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    Candles.
    About sixty years ago candles called snavog were made by some people to give them light. Very few people could make them. They only used those candles while they were eating their supper and they had no light afterwards
    Two long wheaten straws were put to-gether. THen a string was torn off a piece of calico and rolled in goose grease which was melted down by a red tongs.
    The strip of calico was then rolled around the wheaten straw and was lit.
    Gladys Long,
    Railway View,
    Cloughjordan,
    Co. Tipperary
    Told By
    Mr E. Long (age = 76 years)
    Stag Park,
    Cloughjordan,
    Co. Tipperary
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gladys Long
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloch Shiurdáin, Co. Thiobraid Árann
    Informant
    Mr E. Long
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Cloch Shiurdáin, Co. Thiobraid Árann