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School: Cormaddyduff

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Cormaddyduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ní Ghiolla Sheanain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 300

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    far and near to get their horses shod. His father and uncle carried on the same trade. This blacksmith takes no gifts for he is independent, but the black-smiths in the town have to be treated when they and their customers meet and it was an old saying with a black-smith named Conor Reilly. That there was more friendship in a half of whiskey than in a churn of buttermilk.
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  2. The Local Forge

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    It is an old saying that a smith who washes in the water which has cooled his irons finds himself refreshed and made stronger.
    Once Our Lady and St Joseph were travelling on a windswept road. Our Lady lost the pin of her cloak. As They were passing a forge the smith came out and made a fine brooch out of a piece of money.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peter Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghalion, Co. Cavan