School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)
- Location:
- Adare, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 118
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Kate Houlihan, Adare, Co. Limerick (great grand aunt) 93 yrs.
- Old Crafts.Adare in the past was noted for its useful crafts such as candle-making, making of wicker chairs, cradles, baskets. Candles were made of tallow or fat melted down in a cauldron rolled with a taper inserted and left overnight to harden.About half a century ago there lived in the house we live in at present a man called Carl Weiz who was a German. He fashioned handsome chairs of dried sallies and also cradles and baskets with the help of his son Abdul who gathered the sallies for him.An old woman and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pauline Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Adare, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Kate Houlihan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 93
- Address
- Adare, Co. Limerick
