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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 172

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    the bellows and goes in under the hearth.
    The implements he uses are the hammer, sledge, pincers, vice, anvil, wrench, rasp, punch and chizel.
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  2. The Local Forge

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    There are there forges in Cross. The names of the smiths are - Joe Reilly, Jemy Lynch and John Farrelly.
    The smiths made spears and pikes long ago for Irishmen to fight with
    One time a woman was going along the road and she met a couple of people and she asked them for a pin and they said they had none. She came along the road
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Phelim Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cuilcagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Charles Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cuilcagh, Co. Cavan