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School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)

Location:
Ballynaberney, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
C. E. Kidd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 224

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    Mr. Somers does the best trade. He shoes horses, ponies, and asses and he binds cart-wheels and mends harrows ploughs, springs and makes gates for pig sties. There is only one fair place and one bellows and one anvil.
    Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    People have been said to drink forge water for inward disease.
    (Extract)
    H. Levingston
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    H. Levingston