School: Doire Ó gCuanaigh (roll number 8991)
- Location:
- Derrygoony, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: L. Mac Áinlighe
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- (continued from previous page)made locally. The implements they use are-: The anvil, hammer, sledge, nippers, rasp, vice, and tongs.The smiths shoe horses and asses. He makes a lot of farm implements such as-: Grubbers, ploughs, harrows, cultivators, and drill harrow's He shoes wheels out in the open air. It is said that forge water is suppose to cure tooth ache, and it is said if the sparks fell on you, you would be rich. The smiths are suppose to be able to banish rats. The smiths went round gathering corn, every one had to give him a stook. The smiths are suppose to be strong. There is no stories about the forge. The forge is a good place for story telling. The stories the tell in the forge are not about History.