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Re: Medieval occupations (was Re: spelling questions ...)
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Date: 
Tue, 11 Jan 2000 00:59:40 GMT
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 23:51:02 GMT, "James Brown"
<galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote:

In lugnet.castle, John DiRienzo writes:
But aren't a farrier and a smith one and the same?

Nope.  A farrier is different.  A smith will quite happily make horseshoes,
but will tell you where to go if you ask him to put them on your horse. ;)
(Unless, of course, he's also a farrier)  A farrier would shoe horses, as well
as repair saddles, bridles and other leatherwork.  A town or a city would have

There you go - the connection I wasn't making.  The difference between
producing the thing made of iron and actually putting it to use -
shoeing the horse, and all the doo-dads you'd need for the horse,
sounds like.  Never thought of it that way.



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(...) Nope. A farrier is different. A smith will quite happily make horseshoes, but will tell you where to go if you ask him to put them on your horse. ;) (Unless, of course, he's also a farrier) A farrier would shoe horses, as well as repair (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)

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