School: Tyrrellspass (2) (roll number 13743)

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1. Before Candles Were Used

   

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   Before Candles were used This pine was used for lighting the houses 200 years ago. Another name for the pine is bog wood. They used to go the the bog ans dig the pine out. Then when the turf was drawn in and saved they dew in the pine and put it in a stack. Then the pine was cut into little strips and at night a box of it was brought into the kitchen. They wound tow round the pine and they stuck it in a pan of grease this was lit and used before candles were made. Sometimes at night they went torching blackbirds with a strip of pine. This pine is used now for lighting fires and is sold in bags by poor boys in many towns and villages. It was often placed on both hobs to dry and when good light was needed in the kitchen a piece of this was thrown on the fire. Sybil Lewis age 10 Tyrrellspass Rectory 15.12.'38 Source Mrs W. Payne Tyrrellspass aged 79.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sybil Levisage

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   10

   Address

   Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mrs W. Payne

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   79

   Address

   Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath

2. Sluts Were Used as Candles

   

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   Sluts were used as Candles
   Long ago the women used to grow their flax. When it was fully grown they made linen out of it. They had a thing like a comb and they combed the linen

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