School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- My grandfather was a famous man for making candles.
He had a special thing for making them called a mould.
The way he used to them was.
He used to fill the mould with tallow.
There was a hole in the centre of the bottom of the mould and he to draw a peice of cotton thread up through the centre of the tallow. Then he used(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brighidh Ní Lálúar
- Other names
- Brighidh Ní Lálúar (local name)
- Brigid Ní Leatlobhair
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilree, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Lawler
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Kilree, Co. Kilkenny