School: Lios Dubh (B.)
- Location:
- Lisduff, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Mac Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 484
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- (continued from previous page)till required. Sometimes half a dozen of them (Brobh luaithreach) were [?] lighted as one candle and gave a fair good light sufficient to enable one to work round the ki [?] A single one gave a very poor light. A neatly split rod (saileóg) stood [?] in a hole of the wall or in one [?] the scraws in the lower part of [?] roof was the candle holder.
Bog deal (giumhais) gave a better light. The bog deal was [?] from the bog and set to dry by being [?] stuck up into the chimney. later it split into suitable thickness to make candles. The candle stick was a turf sod in which a suitable hole had been made at the time of cutting Bog deal was used as a light (faideóg) by people poaching salmon from the rivers during the spawning season -mid [?](continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séamus Ó hOighleáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garryroe, Co. Mayo
