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School: Ballinacree (C.) (roll number 13966)

Location:
Ballynacree, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Eibhlín Bean Uí Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 316

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    St Bridgid's well is on the hill of Maol. A patron day used to be held there on the second of February.
    Crowds of people used to assemble there. They used to rise bottles of it for cures.
    There was a man named Mr Coyle who lived in Whern and he had a bottle of it for fifty years and it never went bad. The same well is there yet.
    If fifty cattle went there for a drink they would all get a drink to the last one.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. saints
          1. Brigid (~124)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brígid Ní h-Aongusa
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr James Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    44
    Address
    Hilltown, Co. Westmeath