School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)
- Location:
- Lowertown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 303
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- (continued from previous page)in the district is George Baker. He does not get much work to do now because there are only a few thatched houses in this district now.
- Long ago there wasn't any candles made in Ireland, and so the people had to make candles themselves. When the people killed a cow, or if a cow died, they took out all her fat and melted it in a pan. When it was melted they picked out all the lumps of fat that wouldn't melt, and kept them for some other use. They had a long round piece of iron, empty in the middle, called the Mould. They plugged one end of it with a piece of timber and fastened the wick to it by a nail. They pulled the wick out the other side of it, and kept it in the centre(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs John Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 88
- Address
- Gunpoint, Co. Cork
