School: Ladhar (C.), Bán-Tír (roll number 8665)

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   light. Dip candles and mould candles were also made by dipping plated into melted fat. Mould candles were made by pouring melted fat into a mould. A wick made of twisted cotton thread was let down through the centre. The mould was then left cool and when the candle was turned out it was fit for use.

   

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2. Old Houses

   

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   The houses that were there long ago were different to the houses that are there now. The houses in olden times had only one room and a kitchen, but the houses now have a kitchen and many rooms. They had no cement floors and they had no slate or tiles for the roof of the houses. In those times no slate could be got and therefore all the houses were thatched with rye and heather. They got the rye from the land

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. residential buildings (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Gobnait Ní Cheallacháin

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Joseph O Callahan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   55