School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Peter Hegarty
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- (continued from previous page)puts it on around flag of iron and then he throws water on it to cool it and then he joins it together.
A blacksmith lives about 4 and a half miles from Rathdowney and the door is shaped like a horse-shoe.
A blacksmith is a very strong man. When he has all his work finished he puts the work in a big shed to keep them safe.
The old people say that a blacksmith has the power to banish rats. The people say that the forge water is a cure for warts.- Collector
- Paddy Cahill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Michael Rafter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois