School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)
- Location:
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 101
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- (continued from previous page)He pulls the sallies through a pot of boiling water. Then he brings them out to a field and sticks four down in the ground.
He plaits the rush in and out through the four until he has the cliabh made.
The making of rush candles is to pull the rushes and peel them and leave on strip of the green skin on one side to keep them from braking. Then you would put suet in a flat pan.
When you could have that done you would leave them up until they would be dry. Then they would be ready to burn.
Years ago people made their own soap ointments baskets polish and candles. Old Cusack of the bog used to make Cliabhs or candles.
John Mc Donnell of the Blue Bottoms is a rod worker
He learned his trade from a blind rod weaver. This man was linked from place to place by his wife.
Martin Dolan makes ointment for(continues on next page)
