School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 15_048
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- There are nine forges in this parish. Most of them are roofed with corrugated iron. There is one fireplace in a forge. The smith shoes horses, ponies, asses and wheels. The smith's implements are the hammer, the pincers and the anvil. He also repairs harrows, ploughs, pikes and gates.
There is a big handle in the bellows. This must be worked up and down to blow the fire. Most of the smiths build their forges near a stream and it is said the water they use is a cure for warts. The smith usually builds his house near a stream.
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Dhuilleáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas Dillon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ennismore, Co. Kerry
