School: Edmondstown (B.)
- Location:
- Edmondstown, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: E. Douglas
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- (continued from previous page)making shoes for horses and donkeys. There is a large anvil in the middle of the floor for shaping the shoes.There is a forge in the townland of Newbrook. Mr Perry owns it. He makes horse shoes and donkey shoes. There is a little stream flowing behind the forge. He cools the shoes in the stream. The roof is made of tin. Mr Perry has a heap of old horse shoes. He reddens the old horse shoes and makes new ones. There is a big fire burning in the forge for reddening the iron shoes. When he reddens the shoes he shapes them on the anvil.
- LeipreacansOne night long ago about midnight a man was going through a wood in Pine Forest. He saw a Leipreacán sitting under a big tree. The man crept up behind the tree and jumped on him. The man asked him for gold. The Leipreacán said look at the big(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick O' Toole
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rockbrook, Co. Dublin