School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)
- Location:
- Áth Dara, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: An tSr. Mechtildes
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- (continued from previous page)wish at a certain time of the night he would get his wish. It is also said that if you heard a cock crowing that night you should go out at once and kill him.Annie Scanlon.
From her grandfather James Collins.
(80 yrs) - Old Crafts.In former days people used to make candles out of fat meat. They used gather together when the sun would go down in a hut of straw and make candles. They used buy lighting tapers(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Scanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- James Collins
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Áth Dara, Co. Luimnigh