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1. The Legend of Knocknora or St Patrick's Visit to Thubber Elive (continued)

   

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   dell
   Their music long had ceased.

   And till the gentle breezes
   Wandered inland from the sea;
   Yet he told the Laws of Heaven
   And the glories yet to be.

   'Twas here the good St. Elive knelt,
   To be baptized and blest -
   The first of all the Bishops
   Consecrated in the West.

   And from his grave the water sprang,
   And sprang spontaneously,
   While yet today it springs the same
   For any one to see.

   The Pilgrims built a wall of stone,
   As the old tradition tells,
   Around the water where it ran,
   And called it Elive's Well.

   A tombstone marks the spot where rests
   His relics and remains,

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. saints
            1. Patrick (~489)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Florrie Leydon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Glen, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mrs Daly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Glen, Co. Sligo