School: Cill Bhriotáin (C.) (roll number 11728)
- Location:
- Kilbrittain, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Cáit de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0313, Page 308A
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- (continued from previous page)While Mr. Sheehan was at work on the roads some years
ago a lady with a foreign accent asked him to direct
her to “Brigid’s Well”. She was born in Australia of Irish
parents and had heard of the well; on visiting
the country she had at her first opportunity set out to
find it.
The well at first was raised well above the
surrounding fields – which are boggy – but it has sunk
almost on a level with them. People no longer visit it in
numbers but it is still pointed out to those who suffer
from tooth ache.
- The Surfeit Well.A well in Rathrout on Mr. Teape’s farm.
One day when Teapes were threshing they brought water from
it to boil the potatoes. Though the pot hung over a big
fire the water never boiled and could not be boiled.
The family then built a stone pillar near the well. The water
is said to cure surfeit. “After Christmas and Easter long ago” said
Mr. Sheehan, “people visited the well in numbers; especially after
Easter, when eating a dozen eggs was no great feat”! - Informant
- Michael Sheehan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Barleyfield, Co. Cork
