School: Shallee, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 6245)

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1. The Local Forge (continued)

   

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   sorts of machinery. He shoes wheels in the open air.
   In olden times there were two forges in the parish. One of them was at the Ford in Aughlee and the other was at Grawn Bridge in Ballinahinch. If a person had warts and he washed them in the forge water it would cure them.

   

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2. Clothes Made Locally

   

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   There is only one tailor in the district now. In olden times there was a tailor known as a journeyman tailor who used to go from house to house making clothes. His name was John Ryan and he lived at Glen Cottage , Killoscully.

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maggie Kennedy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Aughboy, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Kennedy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Aughboy, Co. Tipperary