School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 08_062
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- There are three holy wells in the parish. There is one in Killgeire one in Aughable and one behind in the west named Alcor. There is a holy well. Long ago there was prostan living in Aughable and there was a fish in the well. The prostan caught the fish just when they had him on the grid iron rosting the fish leaped of the grid-iron and went in to the well and ever since that day the track of the grid-iron on the fish's back. If anyboddy has a pain in there head there is a place(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Tónra
- Gender
- Male
