School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 161
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- (continued from previous page)The water in St. Patrick's well cures sore eyes and sore ears. There was an old man by the name of Johnny Purcell and he was deaf and he went to this well and poured the water into his ears he was cured. From that day until the day of his death he was never deaf. The water in St. Patrick's well was never used for household purposes. It was brought away for cures. There are two bushes at this well.
- There is a well at the bottom of Kellett's garden and if anybody the water to a disease called the "Rose" it would be cured. People would have to dig about three feet down in the ground. They would meet a flat stone covering the well.
- there is a well in the big bog and there is a cure connected with it. If a person had the "Rose" they would get it cured by the water. A person had to go to the well and bring a vessel with him. He(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gerard Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Charles Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
