School: Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr O' Leary
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 30
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- (continued from previous page)rasp, knife, vice, anvil, chisel, pritchel, drill, nail and iron. The smith shoes horses and asses. He does not make farm implements but he mends them. He puts iron rims on cart wheels and he makes axles. When the implement is broken the farmer takes it to the forge, the smith provides the necessary piece of steel to mend it. The steel and the implement are put in the fire and reddened. They are then placed on the anvil and they are welded together. The only work which the smith does in the open air is putting the bands on wheels. This is done near the forge.
There is a belief that forge-water is a cure for chilblains. Also it s lucky to find a horse shoe or any implement which the smith uses in the forge. The forge is always looked upon as a centre for story-telling.
