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School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 545

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    such dreadful torments that he will be very glad to bring back the stolen goods so as to obtain relief.
    In each forge there is one fire. The smith used a hammer, a sledge, a vice, an anvil, a bellows and a rasp. The bellows is made of leather, wood and iron.
    The smiths in all those forges shoe horses and donkeys. They make ploughs, harrows, spades, shovels, axes, tongs and hinges, and in the olden days the pikes for 1798 were made
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Waldron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reask, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr John Waldron
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reask, Co. Mayo