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    that the blacksmith's right arm is stronger than his left arm because he does do more hammering and twisting with that hand than (th) with the left hand.
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    The smiths had power to banish rats away out of a house long ago.
    Smiths make ploughs, harrows, spades, shovels, pikes, axes, gates and cranes. You would always see olds ploughs and harrows, spades and shovels, axes and gates and cranes about the smith's yard.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philip Grey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Murmod, Co. Cavan