School: Tomena
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- Gortullaghan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Uidhir
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- Informant
- Emily Montgomery
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumbeagh, Co. Cavan
Old Crafts
“The rushes were put in a long in basin...”
The rushes were put in a long tin basin seventy or eighty together and tallow was rubbed into them. There were left there for a good while. When they would start to light them they would rub more tallow into them. They would light three or four of them at a time and they were as good as lamps for giving light. There were no wax candles or lamps in the district at that time that is about sixty years ago.