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School: An Sciobairín

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Skibbereen, Co. Cork
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Micheál Ó Cuileanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0297, Page 145

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  1. Recollections about Blessed Wells (continued)

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    The water that flows into this well drops from a rock that is over the well: if a person looked up he could see the drops falling down.
    Why people take a piece of bread with them is because they say that the eels will live on that much food for the year.
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  2. Recollections about Blessed Wells

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    It is said that in Skibbereen and district are many blessed wells. There is a well in Castlelands out of which if you took water it would keep fresh always. People visit the well on the twenty ninth of June. Two holy eels are in the well and if you touch
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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seóirse Ó Donnabháin
    Gender
    Male