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School: Monksland (C.) (roll number 2792)

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Monksland, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Nic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0659, Page 319

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    Long ago they used to make ploughs, harrows, spades, picks and axes, but nowadays they dont.
    The princial part of there work now is making shoes and shoeing horses.
    The forge water is supposed to be the cure of the ricketts.
    They have no privileges at anytime. The people does not send them gifts. They say that the smiths were very strong and looked upon.
    All the tradition was that in Fenian times there were picks made at Whitestown forge.
    The smith uses a hammer, and tongues and a sledge for holding the hot iron, and he also uses a iron chizzle for cutting the iron.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Bridget Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cooley, Co. Louth