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   and that the well is between them trees. The old people say it cures boils and other diseases like that. People used to go to it for cures. The sick people had to bathe in the well for to be cured. Johnny McCabe, Corbyfin, was cured from four boils on his neck and face when he was eight years of age.He minds his mother and father taking him and bathing him in the well. Three days after there wasn't a trace of a boil on him. [I got that from Johnny McCabe,73, Corbyfin, and I got some of it from James Kierans, 70, Corlick. He heard his grandfather, Patrick, talking about that well. He was ninety years when he died]

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   Topics

   1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peter Smyth

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   14

   Address

   Lios Cumascaigh, Co. Mhuineacháin

   Informant

   James Kierans

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Corr Leice, Co. Mhuineacháin

   Informant

   Johnny Mc Cabe

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   73

   Address

   Corr Bhó Finne, Co. Mhuineacháin