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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 289

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  1. Holy Wells

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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Gormley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garristown, Co. Dublin

  2. Holy Wells

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    There is a holy well called Wethers' Well in Abbeydorney, Tralee, Co. Kerry. St. Kevin, was supposed to have been baptised in a well nearby and as the water was being poured over him, two wethers appeared and vanished into a hole, some yards away. A spring suddenly appeared and has never gone dry since. Thousands of invalids visit it every year and leave rags on the bushes round it.
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