School: Cill Choinnigh (roll number 13563)
- Location:
- Kilkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Giolla Eoin
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- Long ago candles were made of rushes and the fat of a pig or a sheep. The rushes were peeled and a small strip of the peeling was left to keep it together.
The fat was melted in a tin at the fire and the rushes were dipped in it. Sometimes they plated two or three rushes together to keep them firm.- Collector
- Maggie O' Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Denis Mc Loone
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Maas, Co. Donegal