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 378
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- (continued from previous page)and they put them on themselves.
The smiths make farm implements such as ploughs, harrows, grubbers ases nippers and pikes.
The put hoops on the carts out in the open air near a river or a stream.
When the wheels are being hooped the iron hooping is put into a big fire until it is red.
Then it is taken out and put on the wooden wheel.
When the hoop is on the wheel it is put into the river to cool to keep the red hoop from burning the wood.
In the forge there is a window to let light into the forge.
- Collector
- Sandie Allen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Three Trees, Co. Donegal
