School: Doohamlet
- Location:
- Dúthamhlacht, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: P. Mac an Bháird
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- (continued from previous page)The people long ago used to use thick oil and a wick for a light at night.
Soap-Manufacture
Our fathers long ago used to kill a pig and take the fat of it. Then they would get caustic soda in a chemist shop and mix it with the fat.
Then they would leave it in a dry place for a month and they would have good soap.
The old people long ago used to make soap every time they would kill pigs. They would melt fat and mix costic[?](continues on next page)