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School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)

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Dysart, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Ailpín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 028

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    hammers, tongs, punch, chisles, stone and dies, taps. He shoes horses, and asses, and long ago his grandfather Bernard Holdcroft used shoe cattle. He repairs all farm implements His grandfather used to make pikes.
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    The smiths make gates, fire grates. He mends ploughs harrows, and cultivators, binders, mowing machines, sowing machines, and manure distributors. He mends wheels in [?] open air along the side of the forge. Smiths were looked upon
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grangebellew, Co. Louth