School: Cor na Muclach (roll number 14470)
- Location:
- Cornamucklagh North, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Annie Ryan
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- (continued from previous page)Between widows and orphans
And families half a score
The wild fowl of this water
Will go no more to shore.
The blackbird and the golden thrush
Will quit Mount Allen's grove.
The (tree) trees in June no more will bloom
But wither and decline
Since our joy and comfort
Took their lodging in Kilbride. - Rush candles were in common use about seventy years ago. These candles were made in every house. Green rushes were about the best for making them.
The process by which rush candles were made was very simple. Thick rushes were got and (peeled) the skin peeled off leaving a narrow strip fo skin the whole length of the rush.(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mr Thomas Gilchrist
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Cuiltia, Co. Leitrim