School: Baile Chíorbhaic, Domhnach Mór (roll number 1691)
- Location:
- Ballykerwick, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cathasaigh
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- (continued from previous page)The smith uses a sledge, an anvil, a hammer, a pincers, a vice, a knife, a chisel and a rasp.
The smith sometimes makes farm implements. Wheels are always banded in the open air. It is said that in olden times the smith always got a gift of a cows head at Christmas.
They are always looked upon as being very strong men.
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- Collector
- Nora Scanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycunningham, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Hannah Scanlon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycunningham, Co. Cork