School: Cleristown
- Location:
- Cleristown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Christine, Bean Uí Bhroin
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- Every person long ago made their own candles.They used to make them from a substance called tallow. This substance was rendered down to a liquid state and then a cotton wick was got and dipped into it and allowed to form a certain thickness. They were allowed to cool for ten or fifteen minutes and hung up in bundles.
These candles were called tallow candles.- Collector
- James Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyconnick, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- John Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 36
- Address
- Ballyconnick, Co. Wexford