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School: Baile Aodha (B.), Inis (roll number 13418)

Location:
Ballyea, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 124

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    The patron saint of my parish is St John. There is a blessed well in New hall dedicated to him. It has many wonderful cures in its waters. People rub the water to their eyes. I heard of a boy who had crutches going to the blessed well, and left them hanging on a tree, and walked home without his crutches. He did many rounds there that day. If you were living in St John's Parish you would never get struck by lightning. There is a tree over there and people bring home the bark of it. When they get sick they rub it to their bodies The people drink the water and bring some of it home in bottles. There is a little box over the blessed well and people throw pennies in to it, every twenty ninth of June.
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Teermaclane, Co. Clare