Rush-Making
Get thick rushes and peel them and dip them in grease or fat and leave them up to dry for a week and they are ready for use. Such a candle will last for about an hour.
This industry is not carried on by us now but my grand-mother made them always. On Christmas night she had one for every-one in the house they lit them and put one on every window in the house.
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On Easter Sunday morning we first go to Mass. when we come home we have our breakfast. We make a fire, and we make tea and we have sweet-cakes and eggs in a field if the day is fine.