School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- Long ago there was a holy well in Galway with a wall round it.
One day a woman washed her feet in it, and the following morning it had changed down to the town of Balla.
That morning a man was up early, and there was a man beside him and he said to him; Tá baile ann sin shíos. The two men went down as far as the wall and found the well inside it.
On the eve of lady day every year, people used to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Adams
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mary Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 77
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
