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School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)

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Burnfort, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 255

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    “Many years ago in the parish of Glenville and in a place called Doone a very remarkable thing happened to a a blessed well.”

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    Many years ago in the parish of Glenville and in a place called Doone a very remarkable thing happened to a blessed well. The holy well was called St. John's Well.
    People used to come in thousands on St. John's Eve to visit it and to pray there. It was the custom for people paying rounds at well to leave alms. It seems that one day a thief came to the well and having washed his clothes in water of the well went away and took with him the alms left by the people. Next morning some people living near saw that the well was dry. When they investigated further they found that the holy well had sprung up in a graveyard nearby. More people than ever came afterwards to pay rounds at well and many are known to be cured there and as a thanksgiving many of them brought statues to the well. The above well is situated in the middle of a graveyard called Doone, which is a mile distant from Glenville.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donal Archdeacon
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Mrs Moynahan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drommahane, Co. Cork