School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)
- Location:
- Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Héilighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0782, Page 154
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- The people of olden times were able to make candles. They made them with grease and rushes. They melted the grease in a little can. They peeled the skin off the rushes. They dried the rushes first, before they peeled them They left a small piece of the skin on to keep it straight The rushes were twisted. They dipped the rushes in the grease. They left the rushes standing in a can. They put the grease in the can. As the rushes burned out, the turned up the rushes. They left the light up on the window.
- Collector
- Joseph Mc Guirk
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ricketstown, Co. Carlow
- The old people were able to make baskets. They made the(continues on next page)
