Scoil: Naomh Bríghid, Blackwater (uimhir rolla 7036)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Old Crafts

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   Stephen Furlong’s father was also a blacksmith and spent his life at Ballyvaldon Cross Roads.
   I was able to procure some béaloideas from him under the following

   Wooden Ploughs: He says these were quite common in his youth. But he said the mould-board sole-plate sock and coulter were iron.

   The sock had to be fitted to each particular plough. It was bought in the rough so to speak then forged and fitted on an iron model and finally on the wooden plough.

   Spades: He showed me an old model of a home made potato-spade. This had a wide bos with a shank containing a hole for a nail to be driven through on the handle or “tree”.

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   Further an iron ring took in this shank and the spade handle and was often wedged like a mounted scythe blade.

   Then there was the “planting spade”,

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

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   Topaicí

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

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   S. Furlong

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   70

   Gairm bheatha

   Smith (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Seoladh

   Ballyvaldon, Co. Wexford