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School: Ovens (C.) (roll number 5985)

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Ovens, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Maud Mc Guire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0345, Page 403

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    “Fairy folk and leprechauns were supposed to revel around a very tiny well in Currabeg (Ovens)...”

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    Fairy folk & leprechauns were supposed to revel around a very tiny well in Currabeg (Ovens).
    The water was never used, but a dark scum which appeared at certain periods was gathered at midnight & utilised by old women as cures for Ringworm & Warts.
    A wandering tinker, stopped at the well one evening, & washed some articles in it. The following day the well appeared at the opposite side of the field.
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    History Edit
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
        1. Cromwell (~315)
      2. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Patrick O' Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    43
    Address
    Curraghbeg, Co. Cork

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    “During the Cromwellian Persecution the following strange happening occurred in connection with a graveyard, situated near the banks of the Lee, a few miles from the city of Cork...”

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    During the Cromwellian Persecution the following strange happening occurred in connection with a graveyard, situated near the banks of the Lee, a few miles from the city of Cork.
    The Parish Priest was murdered by a priest hunter. A few weeks later the murderer
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Dorney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Occupation
    Stationmaster
    Address
    Killumney, Co. Cork