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School: Doire na Céise (B)

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Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
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T. Ó Curry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1017, Page 493

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    as any other pair but there is a long wooden handle attached to them which was made locally. The roofs of the two forges are felted. The blacksmth uses a hammer, pinchers, tongs, punch and nails in his work. The water that the blacksmith cools his irons in which is kept in a cement trouh cures warts. The forge long ago was a great place for storytelling.
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