School: Carra
- Location:
- An Cairthe, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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- Long-ago candles were made from the white of rushes. People used get a thin string and put it in the middle for a wick they used to rub butter on the string so that is would light. There used to be a certain man in every village who used to make them. He used to sell them and make money on them.
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- Collector
- Lizzie Loftus
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- William Loftus
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ceathrú na gCloch, Co. Mhaigh Eo
