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School: Malahide (B.)

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Malahide, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
M. Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 157

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    There is a well near Donabate called Chink Well. There was a great number of children cured from the Whooping-cough by drinking the water. Chink Well is in a big rock. The field in which it is situated is owned by the Portrane Asylum.
    There is another well in Howth called St. Fintan's which has had a great number of cures. A great number of people come from Dublin to visit it. There is a lone bush over the well and almost every person ties a piece of cloth on the bush. Some people
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christopher Langan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Streamstown, Co. Dublin