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School: Lios Dubh (C.)

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Lisduff, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 321

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  1. The Blessed Well (continued)

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    years ago stations were performed round this well.
    The well itself is surrounded by a wall three feet high. There is a little tower about five feet high near it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. The Blessed Well

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    This is another story how the blessed well left Cortoon and came Corohure.
    Long ago when people had stations in their houses they always gave breakfast to the priest before he went home. One day a woman had a station in her house and she got water in the blessed well to boil a cock for the priest's breakfast. When the woman thought it was time the cock should
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie J. Lavin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pollronahan More, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Lavin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pollronahan More, Co. Mayo