An Gabha agus an Cearta
There is only one smith in this parish. He is a man named Curtis. He shoes horses and asses. He has an anvil a bellows, a sledge, a hammer, a rasp and a pincers. His people were smiths for generations. He does not put bands on wheels. The forge is thatched. The smith makes no farm implements except harrows. He makes gates and mends scythes. There is an old saying that if you wash your hands in the forge water you will never see the “Banshee.” There is also a cure in it for warts.
Collected by: - Nóra Ní Casadaigh Ballycashen
Told by: - Thomas Cassidy Ballycashen (her father)
