School: Béal Átha Conaill (2)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Laing
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- Long ago the people used rush candles. First they gathered the rushes in the harvest and peeled them all when they were fresh and left them by to dry.
Then they used them according as they wanted them. When they needed a new supply of candles, they put on lard on a pan and melted it and dipped them in the grease. There was a special candlestick for holding the candle, first you get a round piece of wood about one and a half feet long and out of this piece of wood was a long piece of iron with a spring in the top, they had to press this spring and it opened and the candle was put in it, and it was clasped on it(continues on next page)