School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 06_095
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- Bog - deal and rush candlesThere was no lamp light or no candle light fifty years ago. All they had were bits of bog-deal. They would cut the bog-deal into slits and then light them. They would have a lot of bog-deal cut into slits. They would keep the bog-deal sticks in their hands until they would be burned, Then they would light another bit of a stick. The very rich ones had candles and some of them had lamps. The lamps they had that time were not the same as the lamps(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Keane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Hugh Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
