School: Belvoir, Kilkishen
- Location:
- Baile Uí Mhaghair, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhla
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forge tongs hammers sledges pincers anvil shoes nails troff of water to coll the red iorns.
He puts shoes under horses an asses and no others.he don't make farm implements but he repairs them.he shoes in the open air.He has a circle of cement down in the ground and he builds a fire around it then he puts the bans of the wheels on the fire to redden when he takes it up and welds it to make it small and then he puts it on the wheel.
People drink the forge water as a stomach cure.
Long ago people looked on a smith as a very important person .i know no more about the smith.
