School: Cnoc an Teampoill (C.), Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Freemount, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Bean an Bhreathnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0365, Page 265
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- (continued from previous page)fat of animals such as cows, sheep or goats. The fat was melted and poured into moulds. The moulds were about 12 inches long. A flannel thread was stretched inside for a wick. One end of the mould was pointed with a hole through which the wick was threaded. The other end was open and a splinter of wood was laid across the open end and the other end of the wick was threaded though it. When the candle was cold, the mould was heated. The finished candle was about an inch thick. FirkinsThere was a cooper in every village. Their principal business was the making of firkins. Davy Connors or “Davy the Cooper” carried on a big trade in Freemount in the making of firkins as a container for butter to be sent by farmers to the Cork butter market.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hannah O' Donoghue
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballybahallagh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Denis Mullane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybahallagh, Co. Cork
