School: Shrule (roll number 7795/7796)
- Location:
- Shrule, Co. Galway
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038C, Page 03_036
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- There is a village called "Blind Well" and the reason why it is called this name is on account of the following story. When Mr Kirwan was living in a house in that village there was a holy well in his farm. Numbers of people used to go to this well and he said he would put a stop to the people. He built a pig-house over the well in order to stop the people. One day an old ,wou, woman came. This woman was blind and she asked if she might be let go to the well. He said, "be off with yourself you old bag of rags" "I will", she said, "but may the curse of God(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Daniel Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dalgan Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- William Webster
- Gender
- Male
