School: Leggah, Moyne (roll number 14328)
- Location:
- Leggagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Francis Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 417
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- (continued from previous page)spades, hay forks and a three pronged graip.
Although Newman could turn out good work he was very careless about small jos, such as mending a tongs, putting a hoop on a pot ie probably because there was no payment for little jobs of the sort.
At that time there was a blacksmith named McKeown who lived about two miles from Newman's forge in the townland of Crott and he took a delight in doing neat little jobs. He was nicknamed "Tipper McKeown" and it has followed the family to the present day. There is a "Tipper" McKeown working at the trade at the present time.
The following lines were composed about Newman and McKeown:-
Phil Newman who lives at Moyne Cross
Couldn't be beaten for shoeing an ass
But for a hoop on a skillet or a hoop on a pot
He couldn't compare with the "Tipper" in Crott.
- Collector
- Francis Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Informant
- Mick Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moyne, Co. Longford
