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School: Garrán, Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 11274)

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Garranes South, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Conchobhar Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0292, Page 329

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    smith and each forge has a slated roof. The work of a smith consists mostly of putting shoes under horses, donkeys, and ponies.
    The tools a smith uses are a sledge, a hammer, a tongs, a vice, an anvil, a knife, and a rasp. He also has a large bellows for blowing the fire. Besides shoeing horses the smiths make gates, ploughs and put a piece of hoop on to a scythe which some people call a grass nail. The water a smith has in his forge is used for cooling hot irons out of the fire. When a smith washes his hands in that water he feels much stronger.
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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
    Paddy Leahy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garrane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Jeremiah Leahy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    42
    Address
    Garrane, Co. Cork