School: Nuadhchongbháil (Nohoval) (roll number 10326)
- Location:
- Scart, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Siobhán, Bean Uí Riada
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- (continued from previous page)other side to keep it in place. Then they would get the fat of a cow or goat or sheep and melt it. They would stick the top of the mould into a sod of turf to keep it firm. Then they would pour the fat into the mould and leave it there until it was cold. Then they would plunge the mould into hot water so that the candle would come out easily.
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- Informant
- Dan Culloty
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Labourer