School: Grian Airbh (Graine), Urlingford (roll number 6017)
- Location:
- Graine, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhshláine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0867, Page 217
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- (continued from previous page)be called out of his own house in the middle of the night to shoe horses and he would hear horses at the door.
Once a smith was called at night and he got up and a horse with three legs came in to be shod and he saw nobody. Some person told him not to lock the forge at night and he was afraid to lock the forge ever after.
Some smiths can cure people such as stop blood or toothaches. They have this gift and they never take money as payment for the cures people give them presents instead.
It is lucky to have a spark fly out of the fire at you it is the sign of riches.
- Informant
- Mr J. Hennessy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Lisduff, Co. Kilkenny
