School: Duleek (B.) (roll number 6554)
- Location:
- Duleek, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Braonáin
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- ... were made from bull-rushes. First of all they would get the bull-rushes and take the skin off but they would leave a bit of it which they would call the pit (? pith). Then they would dip the bull-rushes one after another into a vessel of grease which would be taken from grissel (?).
There would be a candle stand for the purpose and there would be a small piece of a stick for holding the bullrush and when it burned down a piece, they would have to push it up. When the rushlight would burn out they would have another to put in its place. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Brendan Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Clarke
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59