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School: Ridge, Leighlin

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Ridge, Co. Carlow
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Bean Uí Airtnéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 210

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    Local Cures.
    About one and a half miles form here there is a well named St. Lazerian's well. St. Lazerian is the patron Saint of Old Leighlin, where the well is situated. His feast day is on the 18th April and on that day, and for nine days after, people go there to get cures for their ailments. Sore eyes, bad hearing, headaches, swollen joints, loss of appetite. All these ailments are cured, if those suffering ask God through St. Lazerian. This well in its own simple way is another Lourdes. It is remarkable the number of people that are cured each year
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ivy Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Darcy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coan, Co. Kilkenny