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School: Baile an tSagairt (roll number 13985)

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Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
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Prionnsias Ua Coilín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1039, Page 58

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    Instead of the cam already referred some persons used a “clam shell.” Clams were available on the shores in the locality.
    Very fine splinters of bog fir were sometimes used instead of the rushes but such splinters were not in common use and were used only when the people of the district got a piece of fir thrown in with a load of turf.
    About forty five years ago tallow candles were introduced to this district although they were not in common use for some time afterwards. These candles were about ten inches long and nearly an inch in diameter. The wick was thick and bushy.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Mc Callig
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Margaret Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    69
    Address
    Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal