School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: J.W. Pollard
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 361
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- Forge work consisted chiefly of the manufacture of gates, spades, firecones [?], nails and horse-shoes.
In olden days when horses were brought to the forge to be shoed [?], the smith himself made the nails. The farmer brought some thin rod-iron which was being sold at that time in most towns. The smith used to redden the iron and hammer it into the required shape. He then used to cut off pieces each the length of a nail, until he had cut a sufficient number, and then he hammered shaped and pointed each nail. These nails were of a crude nature [?] but they served their purpose fairly well.
In Ballydehob [?], nails were made by a man known as a nailer, whose name was James Punch [?]. He was an expert at his trade. He used to sell the nails when he made them.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Roycroft
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Joseph Roycroft
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
