School: An Cnoc (B.) (roll number 16122)
- Location:
- Knock, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Riain
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- There are four Smiths in the parish. Owen McTige, Tom Flatley, Tom Quinn and Anthony Carney. The Forges are situated convenient to a road. The forges have double doors. The Bellows are made of leather. The Tools the Black Smith uses are a hammer a sledge an anvil a pincers and a knife. The farm implements the black-smith makes are scufflers and hoes. The smith shoes wheels out in the open. The smiths had a cure from water from the forge for curing warts on horses. The people used to give the smiths presents at Christmas.
There was once a smith in Wing-field called Thomas Bourke. One night at about one oclock a knock(continues on next page)- Collector
- Thomas Phillips
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonturnaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Thomas Phillips
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Cloonturnaun, Co. Mayo