School: Gortnessy (roll number 7235)
- Location:
- Gortinessy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. Nic Sheáin
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- (continued from previous page)oil and in cows’ fat which was put in a vessel called a “cam”. When the rush lights were made they were put in a piece of iron sticking up out of a piece of wood and there was a clip on the iron like pinchers and it held the rush light. The people also used a jam pot full of oil and a strip of cloth in it for a light. People did not know anything about making candles except the rush candles.
- Collector
- Ernest Crawford
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cullion, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr B. Crawford
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Cullion, Co. Donegal