School: Liss, Ballycumber
- Location:
- Grogan and Corroe, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sarah Howden
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- There are three forges in this district. One of them is situated at a crossroads.
They have felt roofs with boards underneath.
The fire is kept blazing by means of a bellows.
The smith uses a knife, a rasp, a pincers, a hammer, and some nails, when he is shoeing horses or asses.
People believe that the water in which the smith cools his tools is able to cure warts.- Collector
- Robert Cahill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Island, Co. Offaly