School: Tir na bPoll (C.) (roll number 15645)
- Location:
- Tír na bPoll, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Máighréad Ní Dhonchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0454, Page 382
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- (continued from previous page)gruel boiled in buttermilk.
- Cows and goats tallow were largely used for the making of candles. (goats best) It was first rendered in the pan in the fire. A sod of turf was got and the tin moulds were fitted with cotton thread (out of a flour bag) to form the wick. A nail was fixed across the top of the mould and through a loope on top of the wick. The liquid tallow was then poured in to the mould. When set the candle was drawn out by means of the nail.
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