School: Eiscear (roll number 1000)

Location:
Esker, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sinéad, Bean Uí Chonghalaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0003, Page 165

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0003, Page 165

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    The smith's name is Tom Dooley. The trade has been handed down to him from his granfather. His work is all kinds of iron work, such as shoeing horses and donkeys. he also makes the shoes for these animals. He makes farm implements such as ploughs, harrows, he also mends and makes fire grates, gates and iron bats. There is a certain kind of work done in the air outside the forge, this is called shoeing and sledging cart wheels. There is a certain cure om the forge water as there is a certain amount of iron in it, and it is often given to delicate children as a tonic. In olden times, a person who had toothaches used to go to the nearest smith and ask him for a cure, the smith would give the person a horse- nail to wear as a curem and if that person lost the nail the charm would be broken.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Corcoran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14