1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Áth Liag

School: Áth Liag (roll number 15308)

Location:
Athleague, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Máirtín
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0264, Page 080

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0264, Page 080

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Áth Liag
  2. XML Page 080
  3. XML “Old Crafts”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Old Crafts (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    the rushes and put them to dry over the fire. Then the woman of the house peels them and leaves a little bit of green skin on them. Then she fries lard or fat on the pan she put the rushes on a tin plate and pours the grease on them, she puts them to cool. Then she makes a little cake of cow-dung and sticks the candle into it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Liscoffy (Kelly), Co. Roscommon