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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cinn Mhara

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Kinvarra, Co. Galway
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0185

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    They are made of leather. The bellows are not made locally.
    When the smith is making a horse shoe he puts a piece of iron in the fire. When the iron is red he take it out with a tongs, then he hammers it until it is the shape he wants it. It is said that whenever the sparks from the iron fly towards a person that there is money coming to that person.
    The smith makes all kinds of farm implements such as ploughs, harrows, spades, shovels and axes. When the smith is shoeing a horse he shoes the horse outside also, when he is putting a rim round the wheel of a cart he puts it on outside the forge.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Fallon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    The Salt Pans, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Patrick Fallon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Occupation
    Carpenter
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway