School: Leargán Buidhe (B.) (roll number 14288)
- Location:
- Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Bhaldraithe
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- (continued from previous page)pikes or axes. The smith mends all the farm implements. Some of the forge work is done in the open air such as tyring wheels. There is a special place in the outside for that purpose. The old people say that forge water has a cure for rheumatism. Long ago when a couple got married they invited the smith to their wedding and usually the smith presented the woman with a tongs. It is said that the smith could make a piece of iron on the anvil that had power to banish rats. The smiths are always looked upon as being very strong men. It is said that a man was once passing by a forge and he saw outside the forge a white horse, and old woman and a young boy. He had never seen them before. The boy was shoeing his horse. When they saw the man they immediatly vanished from his(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Forde
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Reask, Co. Mayo
