School: Lorg an Iarla (roll number 13590)

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1. Local Forges (continued)

   

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   with stones and clay with a roof over them.
   The roof is made with wood because the iron would collect drops of water, and the wood will not, The doors are just like and ordinary door.
   There is one fire place within.
   The Bellows are just like ordinary Belllows, but the part that expands in and out are made of leather, They have a large wooden handle, and I believe that they are made locally.
   The implements that the smith uses are the hammers, Sledge, tongs, vice, turn, screw, small shovel, iron nails, the Anvil also the knife for paring horses feet.
   The smiths shoes horses and asses, He does not shoe cattle in this part of the country,
   He makes farm implements such as irons for ploughs and Harrow pins, He buys the iron and puts it into the fire and reddens it, and then hammers it, until it is the shape of a Harrow pin, Spades,

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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

   Sadie Martin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumacrib, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Mrs W. Martin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   40

   Address

   Skerrymore, Co. Monaghan