School: Druim Mór (roll number 11901)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Conghaile
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- A rush was peeled and dried. Fat and grease was melted in a little oval shaped like an iron pot called a "cam". The rush was then drawn through the fat and let dry and then drawn again. This process was repeated until the candle was of the required thickness. Sometimes a cord was used instead of a rush.
- Collector
- Rosaleen Ward
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Longfield, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- James Ward
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Longfield, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs M. A. Bellew
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Drumlougher, Co. Armagh