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1. Seancheirdeanna - Candle-Making

   

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   There was a woman named Margaret Maguire in Park, Rathgormack, Co. Waterford and she knew how to make candles. Her house is there still and her daughter is living in it now. She made candles from fat called tallow which was got from goats and sheep. This is the way she made them - she melted the tallow and put it in a shallow dish. Then she got five threads of hemp and dipped them up and down in the tallow and left them to dry. She did this three times and the candles were made. Tallow candles they were called.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
            1. candle-making (~728)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Daly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Park, Co. Waterford

2. Seancheirdeanna - Candle-Making

   

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   Mrs. Kennedy of Curraheen, Rathgormack, Co. Waterford who is about eighty years old told me how she used to make candles. She made them from tallow which is got from skins of goats, mole, which is got from the

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