School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 405
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- (continued from previous page)Never put off to-morrow what you can do to-day
A good run is better than a bad stand.
You can't get blood from a turnip.
- There are two holy wells in this parish, one in Kilpatrick and the other is situated in Killick Feahan Graveyard. It was made by St. Feahan for it for it is told he knelt down in it one day to pray and he left the track of his right knee on a stone. It cures warts and it is on the first Friday in the month the people believe they will(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Patrick Walshe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
