School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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- (continued from previous page)as strong men. The people do not send them gifts. They have no special power. In the evening the people gather round the forge, and they play cards and pitch and toss.
- John Holdcroft's forge has only one fire place and a galvanised roof.
The door is an ordinary one. The bellows are made of leather and they tanned it themselves.
The smith dosn't make farm implements but he mends them, sometimes outside the door.
If sparks fly from the fire it is said that you will get money(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maisie O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mountaintown, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mrs Cruickshank
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75