School: Scoil na mBráthar, Clonmel
- Location:
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: S. A. de Faoite
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- There are six forges in my parish. There are some forges situated at cross-roads and others at streams. All blacks-smith's doors are half doors. There is only one fire in every black-smith's forge. The bellows that the black-smith has are made with wood and leather. The blacksmiths make gates and shoes for horses and bands for wheels. The black-smith has a hammer file a knife and tongs. The black-smith's put bands on wheels outside in the open air. The bellows for blowing the fire are very big. The black-smith makes socks of ploughs and other things. The smiths could cure sores on horses and lampers in horses. The water which the black-smith cools the irons is supposed to take away warts from your hand and legs. The black-smith uses the tongs for taking the red irons out of the fire. There is also a big tank of water in the forges. The black-smiths were very good men and great friends of the kings long ago.
