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School: Boicetown, Dunleer (roll number 843)

Location:
Boycetown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
J. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0672, Page 060

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    forge the first thing to attact you is the great big bellows built at the back of the fire. There are several other implements to be seen in the forge too. These are - a boring machine affixed to a bench, a vice affixed to another bench and an anvil sitting on a block of wood.
    The tools to be seen are - A sledge and other small hammers, a pincers and a file. There is also a shoeing box, in this are the tools that the blacksmith uses when he is shoeing a horse. The names of these tools are - a rasp, a punch-driver and cutter, a shoeing knife and shoeing hammer. The shoeing hammer has big claws on it and it is with these that the nails that are driven through the horses hoof are broken.
    The boring machine is used for boring holes in iron and the vice is for gripping irons and other articles.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Heavey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunany, Co. Louth