Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Saint Clement's Twanky Dillo Day is a Lost Hoof History Holiday

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Imagine a holiday when tradition dictated that farriers and blacksmiths fire their anvils with gunpowder, then roam the streets and knock ...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Chain Reaction Traction: Anti-slip Horseshoe Chains Took the Farrier Out of the Equation 100 Years Ago

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This is the latest chapter in the Hoof Blog's series on the history of hooves vs. snow and ice. To read other articles in this s...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Ireland Lists 49 Farrier Forges and Smithies on "Registered Buildings" List

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Remnants of an old forge near Castle Dermot in Kildare, Ireland. "Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

History Detectives: What Do You Notice About These Irish Farriers?

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 Irish Farriers at the Barracks, Waterford, 1909 You don't need to wear a funny cap and carry a magnifying glass to be able to appl...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Sochi-Inspired History: The World's Largest Horseshoeing Business Was in Russia

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The amazing horse light sculptures in the Sochi Olympics opening ceremony told the Russian legend of each day's sunrise being pulled a...
Tuesday, April 09, 2013

How We Learn: Bracy Clark's Intricate "Model Hoof"

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How can we know where we're going if we don't know where we have been?
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Hoofcare History: Japanese Hoof Sandals Gave Horses Removable Traction

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This amazing photo from Japan shows the traditional straw sandals worn by horses there. The sandals attached with straw ties around the p...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Hoofcare History: Unravelling the Tangled Past, One Horseshoe at a Time

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You'll need a half hour to watch this video. Then you might need the rest of your life to read, research and do your part in docu...
Saturday, October 31, 2009

Halloween: The Original "Jack o'Lantern" Was a Grumpy Blacksmith with a Glowing Lump of Coal

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by Fran Jurga | 31 October 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog So here's the way the story goes...I'll tell the short version ...
Monday, October 26, 2009

A Tribute to Bracy Clark: It's the 200th Anniversary of Natural Hoofcare

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by Fran Jurga | 26 October 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog What year is it? Patrick Ryan was, according to this slip of paper, a doctor ...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

"What Price the Horse?" A World War I Farrier Wondered

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by Fran Jurga | 23 May 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog A friend shared with me this photo of a farrier sergeant mounted on what looks l...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Horseshoer Killed in Pancho Villa's Famous 1916 "Invasion" of New Mexico

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General Francisco "Pancho" Villa was the people's hero during the Mexican Civil War in the early 1900s; depending on which his...