School: Castletown
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Owen Maguire
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- (continued from previous page)door on it. The bellows is much the same as an ordinary one only it is much bigger. There is a handle on it for pumping. The implements the smith uses are the tongs, anvil sledge, chisel, punch, pincers rasp. The make harrows, gates, barrows and other such articles. Mr. Brien shoes cart wheel. At the Roll Bridge there is a big stone, circular in shape for shoeing wheels. There is a hole in the middle of it for the box of the wheel. It is a long time since it was used.
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- Collector
- Michael Shalvey
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs T. Shalvey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Leggagh, Co. Meath