A blacksmith once said to me, when…asked why he was not both blacksmith and whitesmith, "The smith that will meddle with all things may go shoe the gosling."
A blacksmith once said to me, when…asked why her was not both blacksmith and whitesmith, "The smith that will meddle with all things may go shoe the gosling."
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If you lived in the Middle Ages and needed something forged, you'd call a " blacksmith." We've all heard the name before, but we don't typically know its counterpart, the whitesmith.