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School: Tobar Ruadh

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Toberroe, Co. Galway
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Séamus Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0184

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    and he used to work hard in the forge. One day he was putting shoes on a horse for another man and he was blowing the fire with the bellows and the sparks arose and flew up on the roof of the forge and the rafters caught fire and the forge got burned and the blacksmith escaped and ran out the door as soon as he saw it in fire. The man gave up his trade from that on sold his tools to another man.
    It is said that the water that is left after the place where the blacksmith cools his irons after heating them in the fire is very good for any sort of lumps that would be on your hands. It is also said that there was a man long ago who was a blacksmith and his son was a blacksmith and that son got married and he had another son and he was a blacksmith. Each son learned the trade from each other.
    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
    Mary Naughton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonlyon, Co. Galway
    Informant
    James Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Cloonlyon, Co. Galway