When a blacksmith for making horseshoes could not be found, an 18-year-old Italian boy was trained in the art of blacksmithing in order to do so.
For the first time this year, there will be demonstrations of how to make horseshoes throughout the afternoon at the Blacksmith Shop.
A farrier is a person who works with iron, or other materials, to make horseshoes and take care of horse's hooves.
He knew in principle that a blacksmith made horseshoes, which were iron things horses had nailed to their feet.
The only ironwork a farrier does is to make horseshoes.
"We have no horses, either," objected Taran, "but we're making horseshoes."
When you watched that blacksmith making horseshoes, that was what he was using.
Some blacksmiths may have made horseshoes for the canals working horses.
He made nails and horseshoes and wagon wheels.
The young man told him to get a blacksmith's services from the king, and then have the blacksmith make enormous horseshoes for the young man's horse.