School: Kilmessan (B.) (roll number 4210)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0691, Page 172
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- (continued from previous page)and down, like the handle of a pump. The handle is caught on to the leather so as not to rise it up and down. In this way the blacksmith keeps his fire well alight.
When working Jack Toomey uses a hammer, a pincers, a sledge, a tongs, a vice, an anvil, a sharp knife, a file, nails and some other implements. There is a small tub of water beside the fireplace. Some people say the forgewater is a cure for warts, if they are washed in it. Jack Toomey has also a big hole of water in the floor. He uses this water for wetting the "slack" for the fire. The water is so black that it is sometimes used for blackening boots.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Swan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ringlestown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Joseph Swan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ringlestown, Co. Meath
