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Re: spelling questions ...
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 03:03:07 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Mike Stanley writes:
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 22:29:46 GMT, "John DiRienzo"
> <ig88888888@stlnet.com> wrote:
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> > that I can remember. But aren't a farrier and a smith one and the same?
Used to be. Now, the Farrier (and I was wrong, it is farrier, not ferrier) is
a horse of a different shoe :). I know a Farrier who I doubt is a blacksmith
(my wife's old boss). I know blacksmiths (self proclamed) who would be
frightened out of there minds by the thought of shoeing a horse.
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> Yes. Farrier is an alteration of a Middle English and French word
> that meant blacksmith.
Can't really imagine a smith making a living
> solely on horse shoes, but then again, in a large city that might
> support multiple smiths, maybe it could happen.
Well...according to my wife, the shoes have to be replaced every 4-6 weeks.
This is with "plastic" shoes on "made" roads (tarmac). However, according to
Andrea, the shoes would have to come off every 4-6 weeks anyway, for the hoof
to be trimmed.
So, your guy can look after (rough estimates, any farriers here who do this
full time?) say 20 horses/day. So 20*5*6=600, therefore the farrier could
look after at most 600 horses. In a city, that is not that many, if they are
coming to you rather than you going to them :)(if you are going to them, and
not the other way around, you could probably half that number and still have a
fair/generous estimate)
James P
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| (...) Yes. Farrier is an alteration of a Middle English and French word that meant blacksmith. Can't really imagine a smith making a living solely on horse shoes, but then again, in a large city that might support multiple smiths, maybe it could (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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