School: St. Anne's (B.)
- Location:
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 241
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- In Drumenspie, there is a valley, where the priests said Mass long ago.
Beside the alter, there was a white-thorn bush under which was a holy well. In this well there was supposed to be many eures, and people came from all over the country to be cured from many diseases.
One day an old woman went down to the well and washed clothes in it. Next day when people went to it, the well was moved seven or eight yards from the hawthorn bush.
No cure was in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eugene Traynor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
