School: Scoil Naomh Eoin, Bréachmhuigh (roll number 13781)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A.M. Mac Taidhg
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    has to work hard all day long making shoes for asses and horses.
    The blacksmith can make a good fire. He puts on the coal and has a big bellows when he pulls a big stick and out a hole comes a big wherel of wind and lights the first of coal, he pokes up the firs and then he sticks in a bar of iron, and he puts more coal on the fire, and he blows the bellows. Then the iron gets red the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Criostóir Ó Laighin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Criostóir Ó Laighin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Breaghwy, Co. Mayo