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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br. Frampton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 333

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    thing they will not give it to you because they say it is unlucky. It is unlucky to put out the ashes on Friday and Monday.
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  2. St Fintan's Well

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    There was a well in Cromogue on time. The well was filled in by people. It sprung up in a tree in Cloneenagh and it is there still and people go on visits there yet. They take small stones out of it. It is said that the stones would save you from all harm. When people are going to another country they take some of the stones with them. Once a man tried to bore a hole in the tree to let out the water but he could not it is said that his hand withered. When St. Fintan was finished building his church he turned his house into a
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Rourke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs O' Rourke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois