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   running stream which leaves it and let the sun and air dry it you will never have the fever or if you bathe sores or swellings in the stream it will cure them. Long ago old people used to come long journeys fasting in the morning to make the stations at this well. They used to make the journeys with ass and cart and such means of travelling. The station is made at the four corners of the well and it is started by saying Our Father and five hail marys. After this you get ten small stones out of the stream that leaves the well and throw one away and go round the well nine times and when crossing the stream each time you throw one accross your right shoulder. Then you go about a perch from the well where there are fair sized stones and you put something as for example a pin or a

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ena Mc Cabe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cormoy, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Owen Mc Cabe

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cormoy, Co. Monaghan