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School: Snaidhm (C.) (roll number 11799)

Location:
Sneem, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mrs Palmer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0468, Page 070

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  1. Smiths and Forges Long Ago (continued)

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    and kettles & did other handy jobs besides. Forges were built on the side of the road or at crossroads & were great meeting places for men. Anything that was worth hearing was heard at the forge. The forge doors were made in the shape of horse-shoes & old horse-shoes hung on them to attract attention. A stream of water was always found in the vicinity of a forge. The Smiths always had a barrel of water nearby to cool the irons & this water was often stolen to cure murrain in cattle. The local smiths here had to shoe the landlord's bullocks as he used them for ploughing and for other farm work.
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  2. The Names of Fields and Places

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    In olden times fields like cows had Irish names, but lately the Irish names have been dropped. Places and fields were named from some peculiarity they had, or from some event which happened in them.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Sneem, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Denis Cronin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sneem, Co. Kerry