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School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)

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Drumandoora, Co. Clare
Teachers:
Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
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    10th February 1938
    Folklore
    There is a blessed well in Faha and it is called St Ann's Well. People who are suffering from sore eyes go there and have to sleep from sunset to sunrise. There is another well in Gortaveha an people visit it in the summer.
    There is a blessed well also in Knockaneena and peole go to it who suffer from sore eyes.
    Dannie Mac Mahon, Dromandoora
    Story Teller Jeremiah Touhy
    Holy Wells, Faha
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dannie Mac Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumandoora, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Jermiah Tuohy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fahy, Co. Clare