School: Forth (roll number 12909)
- Location:
- Cill Moninne, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Chraith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 312
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- About forty years ago two men named Nicholas and William Scallan made "hob" nails in a small forge adjoining their home.
The iron from which the nails were made was bought in town. It was called "nail iron". Each piece was triangular in shape and about a quarter of an inch thick.
To make the [nail] one end of the iron was put in the fire which was red hot. When taken out the top was sharpened. A piece about half an inch long was cut off and placed in a "shape" or mould. This was a block of iron with a cavity the size and shape of the nail to be made.
The red hot iron was hammered into this mould. When quite cold the nail as taken from the shape.
- Collector
- Martin Fortune
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cill Moninne, Co. Loch Garman
