School: Ballinvally (C.) (roll number 932)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Nic Shiomóin
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- (continued from previous page)black-smiths uses are an anvil a vice a pincers a rasp a sledge a hammer. He alway has a stock of iron and nails to make the horse shoes. The smith shoes horses and donkeys. He repairs all farm implements. He (repairs) sharpens harrows mends ploughs and mow-machiers shovels spades, scythes. He also shoes car wheels. This work is sometimes done out in the open air cart wheels are always shod in the open air as the smiths require a big fire for this work. The water that the irons are cooled in has the cure of warts. It was an old custom to give a present of whiskey or wine to the black smith are Christmas(continues on next page)
