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School: Tullycasson

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0965, Page 217

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    and it is worked by the hand, to kindle the fire. When he is going to put a shoe on a horse, he cuts the iron and reddens it in the fire and makes it the right shape, and he cools it in a tub of water before he puts it on the foot of the animal. He mends every sort of weapons also. It is said that there are fairies in the forge after sunset. Long ago there were certain blacksmiths who could work magic.
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    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. gnó agus ceird (~4,680)
          1. gaibhneacht (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Ann Mc Govern
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullynacross, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    John Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullynacross, Co. an Chabháin