School: Baile Aodha (B.), Inis (roll number 13418)

Location:
Ballyea, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Mathúna
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  1. The smiths of this district shoe wheels and horses. The forge water is supposed to be good to cure warts. In olden times the people used to show grow respect to the smith. They do not now show him much respect. Every beast the people used to kill long ago they gave the smith the head and if they did not give the head they gave him some other part of the beast. The beast nowadays just pay smith for the little job he does for them and they never give him a present of anything like that afterwards.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sylvie Barrett
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Tom Meere
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Drummeen East, Co. Clare