School: Cill a' Lachtáin
- Location:
- Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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- (continued from previous page)The makings of the bellows are bought and then some man makes it. The names of the smith's tools are , the anvil, hammer, vice, tongs, rasp and the screw wrench. The smith shoes horses, asses and mules. The smith makes farm tools also. He always shoes wheels in the open air. The water which the smith cools the iron with is black and it is said that it is a cure for warts. There is nothing remarkable about the sparks which fly from the red iron. The smith has no powers but it is said that he has a secret. The smith is always regarded as very strong. There is no tradition or story about this forge. When people want to see each other, they usually meet at the forge.
- Collector
- Kitty Kilgannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartron, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Kilgannon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Cartron, Co. Galway