School: Mount Stewart, Ceapach Chuinn
- Location:
- Mountstuart, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Úna, Bean Uí Chonaire
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- (continued from previous page)The floor was made of flagstones or paving stones.
There was a beam of timber across at each side of the door to close it. They used turf and timber and furze in the fire. They made candles themselves with tallow and dried rushes. They made a wick out of the centre and dipped it into the tallow. They peeled the rushes and made a wick out of the centre of them. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Gretta Crotty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mountstuart, Co. Waterford