School: Cruimghlinn (roll number 15967)
- Location:
- Crumlin, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0093, Page 132
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- About twenty five miles from my village there is a blessed well called Kilgeever's blessed well.
When a person goes to make a station there, he takes off his shoes, and performs the station in his feet. If the water of the well bubbles, the people say his request is answered, but if it does not they say, it is not answered.
Near the blessed well there is a rock and it is said St. Patrick was there long ago and the track of his bed is still there.
People say that if you do not lie in this bed(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kineavy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ross West, Co. Mayo
