School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 05_023
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- (continued from previous page)Ireland.
Mr Bride never made harrows or ploughs but he repairs them when broken.
The binding of cart-wheels is done in the open-air, as the hole to put the wheel in, is outside the forge.
The forge-water is used for taking warts off hands.
Smiths were looked upon as being very strong men.
On wet-days people used to come to tell stories and yarns in the forge.
During wars the pikes and other aminition were made in forges.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Ní Longáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Edward Long
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
