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School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer

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Knockerra, Co. Clare
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Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 214

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    “There was a girl in Quilty and she was going on crutches.”

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    There was a girl in Quilty and she was going on crutches. Her parents brought her to several doctors but they could be nothing done for her. She went to seven [or several?] blessed wells. One night she had a dream that there was a blessed well in Dromeliky and she thought that Our Lady came to her and that if she went there she would be cured.
    She told her parents the dream she had. Her parents brought her to the blessed well she went the evening before Our Lady's feast to the blessed well. She remained there all the night praying and she promised Our Lady that she would never miss coming to the blessed well on the day of her feast if she was cured. She felt early on the morning that she could leave the crutches after her and she tried
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Lillis
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Tubridy
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    43
    Address
    Drumellihy, Co. Clare