School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- Get thick rushes and peel them and dip them in grease or fat and leave them up to dry for a week and they are ready for use. Such a candle will last for about an hour.
This industry is not carried on by us now but my grand-mother made them always. On Christmas night she had one for every-one in the house they lit them and put one on every window in the house.- Collector
- Mary Kate Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo