School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- (continued from previous page)candles. The miners working in the Dreenlomane barytes mine used to use these candles under ground. They were known by the name of "Scrálógs".
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- Collector
- Patrick Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- My great grandmother, Mrs. Hayes, used to make her own candles with a mould and tallow. The mould was the shape of a candle. She used to put a bit of cotton thread in the middle of it, and(continues on next page)
