School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)
- Location:
- Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
- Teachers: P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 147
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- (continued from previous page)Its shape is oval and has a large pipe. They shoe ponies horses and asses. The smiths makes parts of ploughs. They make pins for iron harrows and nuts and screws. There is a cure in forge water. It cures horses or animals that get a stroke. Wheels are bound outside a forge on a place fitted up for the purpose. Smiths are always looked upon as being strong an account of the hard work which strengthens the muscle. The forge was a place for story telling.
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- Collector
- Patrick Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloghpook, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Michael Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Cloghpook, Co. Kilkenny
