School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)

Location:
Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Louis A. Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 128

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  1. Not far from where I live there is a very nice well that is called St. Patrick's well. It is said by the old people that many cures took place there. It is still visited by strangers, who are not known to the present generation, people who (are) (not) were exiled to foreign lands and who have come back to pay a visit to old ancient places.
    I have heard the old people say that a trout in this well had been taken out, and when it was cooked nothing remained to be seen but pure blood. Beside this well is a mound, and on it grows a big ash tree. The owner
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Campbell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Chanonrock, Co. Louth