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School: Tobar (B.)

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Tober, Co. Offaly
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C. Ó Maoltuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 088

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    stopped the well and locked the gates. Where they were dining, the well spring up through the floor. It flooded them out of the house. So they opened the well again. They left the gates locked. There was a priest in Tullamore named Fr. Murphy. The people were after coming out from Mass and they wished to get a drink. They could not get in because the gate was locked. The priest came to the gate and knocked. One of the servants came. He told her to open the door. She said that she was told not to open it. Then she went in. The priest gave the door a push and broke the lock. Then the people went in and got a drink. Anyone that had a sore left a pin or something else at the well. When the pin would get rusty, the sore would go.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Robert Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilfoylan, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Michael Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Kilfoylan, Co. Offaly