Scoil: Boston (uimhir rolla 10212)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. The Local Forge (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   or locks his door and when finished his work leaves his hammer in the anvil. The roof of the forge has smoke blackened rafters. There is no fire place. The door is horse shoe shaped. An anvil, sledge, rasp, pincers, hammer bellow and are used. The smith shoes horses and asses. He makes shovels and spades and repairs ploughs and harrows. The water in which the smith cools the hot irons cures warts if the part on which they grow be put in the water for nine days. The smith is regarded as a very strong man but some of the local smiths have not that appearance. A smith never works after hours. This old story is told of a man who worked after hours. A man called in to get his horse shod. The smith made the shows + when ready to put them on he discovered the horse had a cloven hoof The horse left the mark of a cloven foot on the doorstep and the man with him, then warned the smith against working after him. There was once a smith called "Will o the Wisp" who sold himself to the devil, + he had to travel the world with a light ever since.

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

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   Topaicí

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
            1. smithing (~2,389)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   May Corcoran

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Aois

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   Seoladh

   Bostoncommon, Co. Kildare