School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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   sprung up in Glamourstown. Beside the well there was an old ash tree and some person who lived in the district tried to cut down the branches off the tree and when he had cut them off he left them till the following day to bring them away. When he arrived the next morning he was surprised to see the branches had grown on the tree again and that there were none on the ground. There is the stump of an old ash tree to be seen there still. About a quarter of a mile from the village of Streamstown in a field owned by a man named Rafferty, Tobar Harbeen is situated. People who suffer from vomiting are cured by the water from this well. An old woman named Mrs Scott who died some years ago was once cured by water from this well when she had been vomiting for four days. People who obtain water from this well leave behind some relic such as a penny or a pin. Tobar-na-gCloch is also beyond the village and is situated in Rickard's ground. There is an old legend about this well

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mona Montgomery

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Streamstown, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Patrick Scott

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   78

   Address

   Streamstown, Co. Westmeath