School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)
- Location:
- Three Trees, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Caitlín A. Scott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 377
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- (continued from previous page)the bellows so that when you pull the handle the air gets into the bellows and lights the fire.
There is a hearth built of stone to put the fire on.
On the hearth there is a sheet of iron to keep the fire from destroying the stones.
The fire is made of coal.
The tools he uses are such as hammers nippers two or more sledges files and a hammer for shoeing horses, and a hooping stone for putting hoopins on the cart wheels when they are new.
He shoes hores and asses.
The shoes are made of iron.
The iron is put into the fire until it is red hot then it is taken out and the iron is curved into a round shape.
This is done to keep the hoof from getting broken on the hard roads.
Some people in our district get the shoes made with the smiths.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sandie Allen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Three Trees, Co. Donegal
