School: Clochar na Trócaire
- Location:
- Cóbh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Sr M. Mc Donagh
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- On the outskirts of the village of Aghada (which is an hours journey by boat from Cove) there is a Holy Well. Most of the old country people in my grandmother's time used to visit this well. Every year from the 1st to 15th of August. There is a tree standing in the middle of a big field and there are pieces of clothes and bandages. I went to visit it with my Aunties in 1936 and I saw pieces of rags tied to the tree. Underneath this tree is the Holy Well. Over the well stands a lovely statue of Our Lady. This statue was given by a man whose eye sight was restored when they touched the water. Each time a person goes there they have to make three rounds, each time they say a rosary. When we were leaving we took a bottle of the water out of the well with us. The country people keep us this custom by going there each year. When(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Birdie Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Cóbh, Co. Cork
