School: The Downs (roll number 8875)
- Location:
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Molloy
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- In olden times people used to make candles out of rushes they used to look for the strongest rushes they could get and bring them home and peel them and melt old grace and dip them. The hardest thing was to get a candle stick that would hold them they were as good and bright as the candle we have now a day.Date: 20.10.38
- Collector
- Mary Kate Mc Guire
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mr Mc Guire
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath