School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dún Béacáin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 064
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- (continued from previous page)from his pocket and beat it into the finest brooch that ever was seen.
Our Lady took the pin, thanked the smith, and gave him her blessing. Ever since then, it is said, a smith who washes in the water which has cooled his irons finds himself refreshed and made stronger.
- It is said that Mr Hayes, the smith, Dreenlomane had the power to banish rats. He never told anyone the way to banish them but some say that it was through the power of forge water.
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