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School: An Cnoc (B.) (roll number 16122)

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Knock, Co. Mayo
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Tomás Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0108, Page 278

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    There are four Smiths in the parish. Owen McTige, Tom Flatley, Tom Quinn and Anthony Carney. The Forges are situated convenient to a road. The forges have double doors. The Bellows are made of leather. The Tools the Black Smith uses are a hammer a sledge an anvil a pincers and a knife. The farm implements the black-smith makes are scufflers and hoes. The smith shoes wheels out in the open. The smiths had a cure from water from the forge for curing warts on horses. The people used to give the smiths presents at Christmas.
    There was once a smith in Wing-field called Thomas Bourke. One night at about one oclock a knock
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Phillips
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonturnaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Phillips
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Cloonturnaun, Co. Mayo