School: Corvoy
- Location:
- Corvoy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Dubhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)When he reached Castleblayney he gave the lid to the buyer and was paid for his butter.
The man thought Patrick had only time to have gone down the street but instead he was at home and back again. - In Ireland long ago candles were made in each house for use in the house. There was a small vessel with three legs called a “cam”. Many of these are to be found in the district, and our teacher has one in school.
Tallow was bought and melted in the cam, it was then poured into a mould like a round pencil case split in two A rush was then got and the outer green covering was stripped off. Then the inside white stuff(continues on next page)- Collector
- Anne Bridget Nesbitt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrylusk, Co. Monaghan