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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 040

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    County Leitrim.
    People visit it regularly for it is said that it is able to cure sick cattle. It is on a small hole in the ground and anyone who visits it must bring a can of water with them. They throw the water into the well in order the bless it. They bring the full of a bottle home with them in case that any cattle get sick.
    They well is surrounded by a number of hawthorne bushes. It is not known locally who Marshall was or why the well got that name. There is no person bearing that name in the district at the present or during the memory of the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinlough, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs J. Gilmartin
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinlough, Co. Leitrim