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School: Ramelton

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Rathmelton, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 297

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    shoes. The fireside is called a hearth. The bellows is used for blowing the fire.
    The way a smith makes a horse shoe is, he cuts away all the worn hoof. Then he puts the iron in the fire and blows the bellows on it. When the iron is red he takes it out again and hammers it into the form of a horse shoe. He then bores hole's in it and then hammers it on the horse's hoof with nails.
    Forge water will cure warts if the warts are dipped into it. The sparks which fly from the red iron are a good cure for bursting a boil if the light on top of it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Greer
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Glen Lower, Co. Donegal