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Local Forges

Abstract: Story collected by Nancy Carver, a student at Cluain Róiste school (Clonroche, Co. Wexford) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0899/4/31

 Cluain Róiste [Vol. 0899, Chapter 0004]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Wexford Schools

COLLECTOR
Carver, Nancy 
Gender
female

Story text

transcribed at

 

Local Forges  [duchas:5007722]

There are two forges in Clonroche One of them is on the crossroads and the other is in the centre of the village. The people were not always smiths. The houses are roofed with black felt and wood.

There are two fire places one on the hob and the other beside the hob. The smiths make ploughs, and harrows but they do not make pikes or spades. The smiths made pikes for the rebellion of 1798 and the people did not for get how they were made.

Some work like binding of wheels is done outside but not any more Hoses and asses are shod inside. The water after being used is supposed to cure rashes. The door is sometimes the shape of a horse shoe but the smiths in Clonroche do not have doors like that in Clonroche.
Nancy Carver

Resource description

Origin information
Clonroche, Co. Wexford
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 236
Volume 0899
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Pádraig S. Ó Dubhghaill.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Smithing   linked data (afset)
Smithing--Gaibhneacht
School location
Clonroche Cluain an Róistigh Clonroche Chapel Bantry Wexford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5132827
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0899/4/31

Suggested credit
"Local Forges"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5132827>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Pádraig S. Ó Dubhghaill.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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