School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Peter Hegarty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 328
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- There are five blacksmiths in Rathdowney.One of them lives on the Northern side of the street. He has a house made of boards and tar on it.
He has a lot of implements such as anvil, bellows, sledge hammer, and a small one, bench, a box of nails, pinchers and a knife for cutting the horses hoofs and a drill for boring the holes in the irons. He has a box for all the tools which he keeps them tidy.
He repairs ploughs but long ago they made them. The bellows is for to make them hot and join them together.
He also bines wheels. First he makes a ring with stones the size of the wheels. Next he puts turf on it to make them hot. Then he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Cahill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Michael Rafter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
