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   Castlemahon
   Newcastle West
   Co Limerick
   The above stories were told me by :-
   Mrs Eoghan McCarthy (78yrs)
   Cooliska
   Castlemahon
   Newcastle West
   Co Limerick
   Mrs Eoghan McCarthy was born and reared in Castlemahon parish, is a farmer's wife and told above stories to her grandchild, Nancy McCarthy in Nov 1938.

   

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2. Baptist's Well

   

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   About 72 years ago there was a Flanagan girl from Ballinoe, Knockderry. She was blind from her birth. One day the child's mother brought her to Baptist's well where both of them paid seven rounds and said seven rosaries. Immediately the girl's sight was restored. Tradition says that the print of St John's knees can be seen on the trunk of the tree overhanging the well. About sixty nine years ago a man living near the well was cooking his dinner and he ran short of water. Out he went for a gallon of water, he put it in the kettle but it would not even warm. It is said

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Creedon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mahoonagh, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Mrs J. Creedon

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   92

   Address

   Arddrine, Co. Limerick