School: Baile na Carraige, Cill Díoma (roll number 11295)

On this page

1. The Local Forge

   

   Share Share Post

   The water from the black smiths trough is one of the cures for hysteria in dogs.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. The Local Forge

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   The local Forge is situated in the townland of Mellon. It is built on to the dwelling house. The roof is slated the fireplace is raised two feet and contains a water trough, water being used for cooling is believed to be a cure for warts. Red hot Iron is used to stop bleeding. The Bellows is very large and is supported on a piece of wood. It is made of wood and leather with a heavy Iron pipe and placed at the back of the fireplace and is worked by a shaft of wood connected with a chain to the under slab, the upper being left free so as to give a continual blast. The Anvil which is square block of Iron brought to a point at one end at the other

   (continues on next page)

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
            1. smithing (~2,389)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Agnes O Brien

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   William O Brien

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Cartown, Co. Limerick