School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 486
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- (continued from previous page)place within. The bellows were bought.
The smith shoes horses and asses, but, cattle are never shod in my locality, nowadays. He makes all classes of iron and farm implements.
The shoeing of cart-wheels is done in the open air in a yard behind the forge. Forge water in my locality, is believed to be a cure for chilblains.
Long ago, it is said, that on the winter nights people used to gather into the local forges and stay storytelling until late at night.
There are two forges, in my locality, not being used. One is in Rathbride and its late owner was named Michael Forde. The other is at Whylam Cross and its late owner was James Fields.
- There is a forge in my district. Mr Fitzgerald is the blacksmith and Mathew Whelan is an assistant. The forge is situated at the cross-roads of Allen, Barony of Connell. It is made of concrete and roofed with asphalt. The door of the forge has no special shape it is just oblong.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Curran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Punchersgrange, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Denis Curran
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Punchersgrange, Co. Kildare
