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School: Béal an Dá Chab (roll number 14225)

Location:
Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Risteárd O Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 275

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    the well. People are cured from diseases in this well. There is a sloping field near this well, and it is called leaba na h-altóra.
    John Sweeney,
    Knockroe,
    Ballydehob.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Holy Wells

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    There is a holy well called the Blessed Well in the townland of Ballycummisk about three miles from the school. It flows from a rock into the strand. Rounds were performed, and prayers were said there in former times, and over the well there is a white thorn tree growing, and rags are put on tree by those who
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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dermot Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballydehob, Co. Cork