so that no air can escape. The bottom of the bellows is made of iron and shaped like a tube. The smith uses a hammer and a sledge, and he has iron to make the shoes with. The smith shoes horses, and donkeys, and he makes ploughs and harrows. The smith puts hoops on wheels of carts, and cars, and traps and barrows and he puts hoops round tubs, and churns. The smith also puts irons on gates, and he fixes scythes. The smith cannot work out-side. The smith uses the water to put out the fire when he does not need it.

The cross on the eastern side of Herbertstown now known as Malachy's Cross was known in ancient times as Cros na Céarocan or the Smith's Cross. The smith from which this cross took its name was called Bresnan. A name very common in this district. One night this smith had retired to bed after an arduous day spent in his forge and just before midnight he was awakened from his slumbers by a knock on his window. Being a man who knew no fear he replied to the first knock, altho' superstitious [?] had often told him that this should not be done. At all [?] he replied to the knock and a stranger asked him if he would kindly put a shoe on his horse as he was after casting one of his shoes. The smith told him that he would do so as it was his custom never to refuse a "travelling man" anything he asked.The smith got up and went to his forge and soon had his fire blazing on the hob. He went to the door of the forge and called on the stranger to bring the horse.The stranger approached the forge and to the smith's surprise he brought not a horse but the hindleg of a horse which was minus a shoe.He told the smith he was'nt particular and that any kind of shoe would do. The smith looked at the horses hoof and selected a suitable shoe, and in a short time he had the shoe fixed firmly on the hoof.The travelling man then asked how much was due to the smith for the work he had just completed. The smith replied that he had never charged a "travelling man" for putting up a shoe and

coming out of the house from which they were banished, each with a piece of paper in its mouth. Long ago people used to gather in the forges telling stories.Once upon a time a smith was coming home from a fair when he met a devil. The devil said to him "would you like to be able to make money," "I would" replied the smith. The devil then showed him how to make money on one condition; namely, that the smith should go to hell with him when (the) twenty years had elapsed. The smith agreed. Every day he made money until his house and forge was full of money. When the twenty years were up, two devils came for the smith, but he caught them and welded and riveted their tail's together. When they went home, the devil sent the cleverest devil he had for the smith. The smith told the devil to sit on the anvil while he was waiting. He did. When

descended from a noted family of smiths and said to have Owen Rhu blood in them. There is a forge Keale Bridge but it was really in Gortageen
but the little streams course was changed for the making of a bridge. This forge also belonged to a landlord called O'Connell. This smith was formerly bound down like the smith at Clonbanin. The present smith is Morgan Sweeney, the previous smith was Dan O'Callaghan who was known as Gaba–bawn. The wheel banding is done by the side of the stream. Those forges are now roofed with asbestos, but before that they had timber roofs covered over with felt which was tarred and sanded. The forge at Dromskehy was owned by a family of Sullivans. It is called a Sandpit forge. The old forge on the old road to Dromagh Fair Green Was owned by a smith named Halladay, John O'Sullivan served his time with Halladay and married the smiths daughter. The smith afterwards bought a public house nearby called the Sandpit House and the forge is still there. This old smith

beard had grown so long that it was stuck in the ground. When Mahon saw the smith he jumped up and tore it from the ground. He then proceeded to the smith and he (the smith) became frightened because he looked like a midget when compared with Mahon. He then told Mahon on what quest he came to him. Mahon told him that he had three hundred and sixty more boys just like Philip and if he could pick him from the other pages he could take him safely home. As the giant was still speaking he rang a gong and all his pages came into the room. They all knew what this gong meant and they lined up in several lines. When the smith saw all the boys he found that they was a hard problem before him to solve because all the boys were dressed alike and they were all smiling. The giant then put out his hand to the smith but instead of giving him his hand the smith gave him the club which he held in his hand. When the boys saw this they all started laughing and during this scene the boy nearest to the smith said, "I am Philip Ronayne"

In olden times there lived a black smith who could do nothing but make ploughs. One day there came a green coated boy to the forge with a horse. He asked the smith to shoe his horse. "I am sorry boy I could not shoe a horse" said the smith. "Give me the use of the fire an I will shoe him myself" said the boy. "I will in welcome" said the smith. He cut the 4 legs off the horse and put them in the fire. And after a while he took them up with 4 new shoes on them and put them on the horse again and rode away. The smith had an old horse and he had no shoes. I think says the smith as I know how to shoe a horse I'll shoe mine to-morrow. So next morning he cut the 4 legs off the horse and put them into the fire and burned the legs to ashes. He had no horse then to bring him coal. So he was cursing the green coated boy. Next day the green coated boy came again to him and said "I will give you 3 wishes." The smith's first wish was that anyone that would handle his sledge that

walls and the one in Tarmon had mud walls. There is only one fire place in each of them. They are partly middle ways in the floor. There are only one bellows in each of them. Dennehy's and Riordan's bellows are worked by handles and Finucanes are worked by something like a handle of a pulper only it being smaller. It is not known when Dennehy's and Riordan's bellows are made but Finucane's bellows was only made a few years ago. The smith uses these implements at his work, an anvil, three kinds of hammers, a pinchers, a file, a rasp, a hack-saw, a knife, a chisel, a thongs, and he has a thing on the top of the anvil to cut the iron. The smith only shoes horses, ponies, jennets, and donkeys. The smith makes harrows, axes, and he prepairs ploughs, spades and motor cars. There is forge works done outside too such as shoeing wheels and prepairing things. It is said that if a smith washes himself in the forge water he will find himself stronger and fresher for it was said that St. Joseph and Blessed Lady was walking along the road and she lost the pin of her mantle and when she met a smith she asked him to make a pin for her and he made it and ever since the smith that washes himself in the forge water finds himself stronger and fresher. The smith never gets gifts.

Once upon a time there lived a smith who owned a large forge. This night as he was going to bed he was surprised to hear a knock at his door so late at night. He went and opened it and there was a man outside. The smith asked him what he wanted and the man said he wanted to shoe a horse. So the smith went out to the forge and as he was beginning his work he was surprised to hear other horses going about as if to a hunt. The stranger asked the smith would he join them. The smith said he would if he had a horse. The stranger said he would be able to get a horse for him. He caught hold of a plough that was near and worked some magic on it. The stranger had the plough changed into a horse while the smith was shoeing the other one. So the smith and the stranger went off to the hunt. The horses went very well

or locks his door and when finished his work leaves his hammer in the anvil. The roof of the forge has smoke blackened rafters. There is no fire place. The door is horse shoe shaped. An anvil, sledge, rasp, pincers, hammer bellow and are used. The smith shoes horses and asses. He makes shovels and spades and repairs ploughs and harrows. The water in which the smith cools the hot irons cures warts if the part on which they grow be put in the water for nine days. The smith is regarded as a very strong man but some of the local smiths have not that appearance. A smith never works after hours. This old story is told of a man who worked after hours. A man called in to get his horse shod. The smith made the shows + when ready to put them on he discovered the horse had a cloven hoof The horse left the mark of a cloven foot on the doorstep and the man with him, then warned the smith against working after him. There was once a smith called "Will o the Wisp" who sold himself to the devil, + he had to travel the world with a light ever since.

asked him did he remember any body who cut a Holy Bush and made swingeltrees and the horses broke the plough. She asked him did he remember any body who made a bettle and the beetle went through the pot.
There was a smith at Glen Taugher and one night at twelve o'clock there came a knock to the door. Somebody manted a shoe driven and the smith shouted that he had no coal or iron. The little man said get up and you will find a bit some where so the smith got up and went out to the forge and there was iron and nails and coal ready for him. When the smith put on the shoe on the horse the little man said "Come out here till I show you a sight" and when the smith went out they were about five hundred men. And the little man said "We are going to fight the Scotch fairies to get the herring". The fairy told the smith to go down to the well below the house before the sun rose in morning and if the well is clear that's a sign that we are winning and if it be red that's a sign that we are beaten. And the smith went down to the well below the house and looked at it and it was as red as blood and

burn it. But one morning she sent to the forge as usual for the coals and she was barefeet and the smith said "What beautiful feet you have" and she looked down at her feet and as she did the coals of fire burned her apron because she commited the sin of pride. There is no smith in the village of Cullen it is said that the saint cursed the smith. A smith could never light a fire in Cullen since. He works about a mile from the village.

A long time ago there was a blacksmith's forge outside Herbertstown on the road leading to Ballybrood. One night at twelve o'clock, a knock came to the smith's door. He got up and dressed himself, and came out to see what his visitor u might want at such a late hour of the night. A strange man whom he had never seen before asked him, if he would put on a shoe on his horse, but the smith could see no horse. The smith went to his forge, and lit the fire, and set about making a shoe. His visitor then got into chat with the smith, and said, "I now find that my horse wants a set of shoes, which one are you making." The smith said, "the shoe I am making will do your horse's front leg. His visitor then brought in the front leg of the horse. When he had that done, he brought in the other front leg.In like manner, he brought in the horse's hind legs. When the smith had that done, his visitor then said, "what is the cost." When the smith told him, he handed him a handful of grass, and told him that night they were fighting a big battle against the protestants of the north. "If we win the trough will be full of water in the morning. If we lose it will be full of blood". The smith got up early in the morning to see if they had won. He went to his forge and found the trough full of water, which told him

Once upon a time a man living in Kilkenny dreamed he found money in the cave in Donaghmore. He was a great friend with Jerrie Smith. So the next day Jerrie Smith and himself went to the cave to get the gold and when they came to the door where the money was a great gust of wind came and blew Jerrie Smith into his own yard and the Kilkennyman had to go back to Kilkenny without the gold. Jerrie Smith lost his sight and died some time after.

The priest also told him that he would ask him to shoe the horse and the horse would kick the smith and if the horse struck him the Devil would have power to take him away. The priest gave him medals to wear around his neck.When the Devil came he had no shoes on his horse. The smith told him that he would not until he got gown off the horse. The Devil would not get off but he told the smith to catch the horse by the leg and he would lift it up. The smith did so and as he did the horse kicked and made a hole in the wall but he did not strike the smith.The Devil then asked the smith was he ready to go with him and the smith said he was not and the Devil knew then he was doing penance. He bid the smith farewell and he told him he would come again at the end of three weeks.The Devil came as the priest said with his horses and carraige and he asked him to get in but he would not until he would get out and

along the road the smith saw a public house. The smith said to the devil "That's a public house and I never passed it with out going in to it" and he told the devil to turn himself into a halfcrown.Then the devil turned himself into a halfcrown and the smith put it in his purse and the devil began to jump in his purse. The smith had money of his own but he did not tell the devil about it and he went into the public house and got a drink and

covered with canvas. The tools the black-smiths use are a vice, a bellows, an anvil, a sledge, a hammer, a pincers, a tongs, a rasp and a fire shovel. The work the black smith does is, puts shoes in horsed and asses, he also fixed ploughs, harrows and scufflers, everything connection with the farmer. He also makes iron gates. A smith is a very useful man, and the people could not do without him. If you take anything out of a forge without the smith knowing it the people say that if the smith curses you something is sure to happen you sometime. William Dolan is the best clack-smith int he district and

if he promised to come with him. The smith grew rich and the devil grew rich for seven years and then began to get poor and the devil appeared again to him and asked him was he ready. The smith told him to sit on his chair until he was ready to say good bye to his family. The asked him was he ready and he said he was fastened to the chair and if you can release me I'll make you rich for seven years more. The smith released him and grew rich. At the end he came again and asked the smith told him to sit on his chair and he wouldn't. He then gave him his sledge to complete a set of shoes. the devil took the sledge and it fastened to his hand. When the shoes were finished the smith asked him to come now. The answer the devil gave was

When Colonel Knox had possession of the land in Creagh there was a black smith in it. One day as the smith was shoeing a horse the Colonel came into the forge and asked him why he was shoeing the horse. The smith said because he wanted a new pair of shoes. Then the Colonel said “why would not the old ones do him?” And the smith said “Would they do you?” When the smith said that the Colonel got vexed and he took up the anvil and gave him one blow of it and killed him. From that day till this there never was a blacksmith in Creagh nor a Knox either.

The smith a mighty man is he, with large and sinewy hands. The muscles of his brawny arms are as strong as iron bands. The smith was long the most popular man in the country. He was always invited to the kings feast. Because it was he who made the weapons for war for the king and his army. The smith was long the most popular man the country. He was always a great friend of the king. He was always invited to the kings feast. Because it was he who made the weapons of war for the kind and his army. The smith works in the forge. He makes things from iron. The smith is said to have

to buy a turf spade. He also told his father that the black-smith had great turf spades made. The farmer went to the forge, and sure enough the black-smith had great new spades made. The farmer told the black-smith that he heard he had great turf spades made, and the black-smith asked him who told him. Then the farmer told him that it was the little boy that told him. The farmer also told him that the boy knew everything that happened in everyplace. Then the black-smith told him to say to him when he would go home that the rath near by was on fire, and then he would see some change. When the farmer went home he said to the boy that the rath was on fire. Then the boy jumped out of the craddle, and as he was going he said well I must go, and save my wife, and children. He went and was never seen again.