School: Beacán (C.)
- Location:
- Bekan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 305
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- (continued from previous page)These blacksmith's never make any implements of iron, but he mends barrow's, ploughs, spades, and shovels. Sometimes the horses are shod in the open air, but all the making of iron is done inside.
The other two forges are much the same, they are galvanized. There is always a horse shoe on the doors of those forges. Those are the implements used by the Smith, the anvil, Bellows, hammer, Sledge, pincers, rasp, borer a little Tounges and nails.
The anvil is used for leaving the hot iron on it and for shaping it. The Bellows is used for blowing the fire.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Finnegan
- Gender
- Female
