School: St. Brendan's (C.), Blennerville

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   in the wall, and blankets and a pillow inside in it this is what they used as beds. Also beds were made of wood and covered the same as the roof of the houses, these beds were called camp beds. Another kind of bed was also used. This bed was called a settle bed. They used no coal, only turk. No lamps were used and they used their own home made candles, made from the tallow of the goat, and the sheep. They had a mould for making these candles this was a galvanised pipe shaping a narrow neck. They pour the melted tallow into this pipe before doing this they put a wick down into this pipe pulling a small bit and on the top, and let it get hard, then turn the mould upside down, and then the candles were made. These candles were called "pāideóigs[?]". They also made lights out of splinters of bogdeal.

   

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Quinlan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Blennerville, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Jeremiah Williams

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   58

   Address

   Blennerville, Co. Kerry