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School: Mín Riabhach (roll number 17050)

Location:
Meenreagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Anton Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1097, Page 61

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    and a pair of tongs.
    The smiths shoe horses and asses but they do not shoe any cattle. They do not make any farm implements but they repair them.
    The smiths do not do any work outside the forge only when they are putting iron on cart wheels. The reason they do this is because it takes a very big fire to make the iron red. When the smith is putting iron on a cart wheel the people say that he is shoeing the wheel.
    The smiths are thought to be very strong men. They get anything they want from the farmers for if they did not get it the would not shoe the horses.
    Long ago the people gave the smiths prizes and the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick J. Gallen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meenreagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Joseph Gallen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meenreagh, Co. Donegal