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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 173

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    There was a forge along the road and she went into it and she asked for a pin, and the blacksmith said he had none but he would make one for her. He got a bit of iron and put it in the fire and reddened it and hammered it out and gave it to her and she gave him her blessing.
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    The water the blacksmiths cool the red irons in, it is an old saying that there is a cure of chilblains in it. If you would wash your feet in it it would make your feet as hard as iron.
    The farmer use to give a load of turf at Christmas to the blacksmith to "reden" the iron for him. It is said
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Carolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornaslieve, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Carolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornaslieve, Co. Cavan