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School: Naomh Eoin, Béal Easa

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Foxford, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0125, Page 320

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    Near Corroy there is a holy well. It is called St. Patrick's well because at the time St Patrick was here in Ireland he found it. There is a weed growing in well called St Patrick's cabbage.
    There are special days to go to the well. The people perform a station around it. All the people who go to the well bring water home with them. There is a big bush beside the well where the people leave beads, handkerchiefs, scapulars, and money for the poor.
    There is a little fish in the well and if the people see the fish they will get better and if they don't see him they won't get better.
    I got this information from my mother.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Tiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Foxford, Co. Mayo