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School: Muine Mór

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Míne Mhór, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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  1. A Sprigging Camp

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    There was a sprigging camp in the townland of Glenboy. The girls of the district came and gathered there and the only light they had was a rush candle.
    There was a frame for holding the rush candle it was set up on the floor and a thing on the top of it like a nippers for holding the candle.
    The rush candles (A) was made by peeling the rush and soaking it in grease. Its stopped working about fifty years.
    By
    Charles Mac Morrow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. gnó agus ceird (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Mac Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gort na Liobairte, Co. Liatroma