School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)
- Location:
- Teerelton, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Murchadha
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- There is only one holy well in this parish. It is dedicated to Saint Michael and is situated in the Townland of Cooldaniel.
Rounds are performed at this well all Sundays of the year but especially on Saint Michael's day the 29th of September. It is a fairly deep well and even in the dryest Summer it was never known to go dry. A little wall is built around it with an arched covering overhead. On the wall are crosses about three feet apart. At these, people kneel and pray while performing the rounds.
The old people tell a story about this well. A Protestant who lived in the district thought he would have a joke at the Catholics who honoured this well so much so he took some if it home for household purposes placing some of it in a kettle on a blazing fire to boil. He then awaited the result, and was amazed to see that after many hours it was as cold as ever. He was thus(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Donal Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 28
- Address
- Tooms, Co. Cork
