School: Kilmacow (B.) (roll number 14187)
- Location:
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: P. Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0843, Page 104
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- There is a well in the County Wicklow called St. Kevin's Well. The people respected it very much and never put anything in the water that would soil it. There lived a certain Protestant woman near this well and she said she would wash coal sacks in it.
Se brought a bundle of coal sacks with her and washed them in the well. She went home and came back with another bundle of sacks. In the meantime a certain thing happened. The well shifted from the original position to about half a mile away. When the woman came with the sacks there was no well in the place. After that she became a devout catholic.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dangan, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Patrick Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Railway worker
- Address
- Dangan, Co. Kilkenny
