School: Drumcrave

Location:
Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 296

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    visiting this well. In the townland of Stragella there is another holy well called Bridid's well. It is in Mrs Tully field. People wash warts in it. It is also used for household purposes.
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  2. There was a well in Shankill at one time. And a man died, and the woman washed clothes in it, and the clothes were stolen. After that the well dried up and sprang up in a field now owned by Philip Lee.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Mac Gabhann
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stragelliff, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Thomas Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Stragelliff, Co. Cavan