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School: Swords (B.) (roll number 755)

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Swords, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
A. Hamill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0789, Page 149

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    There is one 'holy well' in my parish and it is on the strand at Donabate. About 20 feet down in the rocks there is a little hole in a rock and the water comes out through this rock and forms a well. It is called the "chink well", and people with the whooping cough drink this water and it cures them. This well can only be visited when the tide is out.
    People leave buttons, beads and pieces of cloth at the well but when the tide comes in it sweeps them all away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Scahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balheary, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Patrick Scahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balheary, Co. Dublin