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School: Dumha-chaisil

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Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 312

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    Local Forges
    There a re three forges in this parish, two of which are situated on the side of the road, and the other which is quite near a cross-roads, belongs to Tom Gorman. His father was a smith and lived in Knockarower. The bellows is made of leather and is worked by means of a wooden shaft, which is fastened (by) to an iron rod. When the person who works the bellows works the shaft with an up-and-down motion he sends the wind to the fire through a tube of rubber having an iron end. The water in which the smith cools his irons has the cure for toothache. Tom Gorman can make
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Marren
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo