School: Baile Uí Dhuibh (B.) (roll number 13635)

Location:
Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Ambrose Madders
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    behind him. Long ago people used to send gifts to the blacksmith such as loads of corn and when the end of the year would come the smith would have the biggest threshing.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. In Knockaderry there lived a man named John Mackey who had the privilege of stopping blood. There is one story told about this man. The story is that one day the hunt was in barriganure when one of the horses in jumping the fence his leg struck a rock on the other side and gave himself a severe cut so they brought him to John Mackey and he stopped the blood. John Mackey cured the horse with a charm.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs O' Keeffe
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford