School: Baile Mhic Dáibhid (Ballydevitte) (roll number 3854)
- Location:
- Ballydevitt Beg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cathal Mac an Luain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 378
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- (continued from previous page)recollection of cattle being shod in this district. He does not make farm implements such as ploughs, spades, shovels.The shoeing of cartwheels is put on in the open air near the forge. Turf is used to make the the [sic] fire to heat the iron. Long ago when a farmer wanted shoeing on the cartwheels he brought turf to the smith to pay him for the work.It is said that forge-water will remove warts. The “paring” that comes off the horses hooves preparatory to their being shod forms a very useful manure.The local smiths had not any special privileges at any time. Long ago each smith would go round the district with a horse and cart and would collect a stook of corn from each farmer. In this way the farmers repaid the smith for some small jobs he had done for them during the year, such as mending gates and tongs. Smiths were not looked upon as being very strong. In fact some of them were weaker than most men. They were not like Longfellows “Village” Blacksmith” with arms like iron bands.
- Collector
- Patrick J. Muldoon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Doonan, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Seosaimh Ó Maoldúin
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Saor adhmaid
- Address
- Doonan, Co. Donegal
