School: Cliffoney (B.) (roll number 13882)
- Location:
- Cliafuine, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Patrick Mc Hugh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 0473
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- (continued from previous page)at this said to John "You will get your hay saved without any trouble if you leave back the stones."
- On the Leitrim side of the river Duff are two holy wells called after St Patrick. The smaller of those two wells, and the nearest one to the sea is called "Tobar a' Bhearrtha" which means "the well of the shaving."
This goes to prove that St Patrick did not wear a beard so that all the pictures of him must be all wrong. The older people prefer visiting Tobar a' Bhearrtha to the other well. Many people get better of their diseases by drinking the water out of the well. - Collector
- Patrick Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Cliafuine, Co. Shligigh
- Informant
- William Mc Gloin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- An Ghreallach, Co. Shligigh
