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School: St Garvan's, Rathmullen

Location:
Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus P. Mac Eiteagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1089, Page 67

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    There is one holy well in our district that I know about. It is situated in Charles Denny's lane. I never heard about anyone being cured at it, but is supposed to be a cure for sore eys and warts.
    But no old people ever heard a thing about it. All they knew was that there (thing) was a great number of broken bottles in it. And nothing ever grew in the garden beside it. Some time after that a Priest was passing [?] and he saw the little well So he knelt down and tasted the water. Then he blessed the well. But I never heard the name of the priest.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Ferry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Inniskil, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mary Ferry
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Inniskil, Co. Donegal