The Kilgeeve well is situated in a long graveyard two miles west of Croagh Patrick. People go there and do stations around the well. Tradition says that there is a trout in the well & whoever sees it while doing the stations well get any wish he makes. One day a man was doing the stations. He saw the trout & caught it he brought it home & put it on the frying pan. It is said that the trout gave three leaps and landed at the door. The trout was next seen in the well & people noticed it had a brown patch on its back when it had been burned on the pan.

Get some live trout and wash twice in spring water and drink out of their mouth

There is a well which is situated south of the Galtee Mountains. There is an outlet to it which rises out of the ground about ten yards from the well. In the well itself there are two trout. The first visit you make to the well you will see a trout. The next time you go to the well you will see the other trout but go as often as you like afterward and you will never see either of the trout. Many crutches are to be found near the stream showing that many people were cured.

The whooping cough is cured by the trout. A trout is caught in the river and brought home alive. The trout is held to the persons mouth when coughing, then it is brought back to the river and it is supposed that the trout brought the cough away.Another way is the person walks to a hill and marches towards the four winds. The cough is supposed to

and go fish. He went to a river near the house, he caught a great basket of trout. When he came home he left the trout upstairs, and then went to a shop next door. for one loaf of bread When he reached home the sow had all the trout eaten, and was looking out in the window; that is what he got for staying at home from Mass.

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down on his knees to get a drink a trout swam by his mouth. Then he said that all the trout from that day that was caught in the stream would always have a bad smell and from that day till this day all the trout that are caught in the stream have a bad smell.

Curraghfore means cold hill, and it is a very cold place to live in
Cornanean = the hill of the birds. It is called that name because birds are very numerous in it.
Lisnabrack = fort of the trout. Trout are very plentiful in Lisnabrack.
Bracharybeg = small trout and it is called that becaus the trout are very small in its rivers.
Brackarymore = big trout and the trout are very big in it.
Cill Asnet = Asnet's Church and it is from an old saint that lived in it

The Starragán is still used in the school district and has been for generations. As it is an illegal way for catching fish the craftsman who makes them does not advertise. They are "set" at nightfall generally and the trout removed early next morning. They are "set" under a "sally" bush or overgrown bank and are not easily detected. They are used principally during the winter when trout leave the rivers and go up small streams to spawn.An ordinary peck basket is also used for catching trout, but in the day-time. Two generally are employed. One holds the basket at a narrow part of the stream. The other has a stick and he goes along prodding under the bank with the stick. When a trout is touched he rushes off and into the basket. Immediately he goes in the man who is minding it lifts up its mouth and so the fish is trapped. If a man is fishing alone he puts a bundle of grass or hay into the basket and the trout remain under it."Prodding" a stream with a stick with

There is a beautiful well in Mr John McCarthy's land quite near his residence. The late George Powell, the last and only Protestant in the parish owned this place up to about ten years ago when he died. This well is the best in the locality, it is boiling up in the centre. It has never been known to go dry and the water is colder in summer than in winter.
There was a fine speckled trout in the well about 50 years ago. He wasn't there many days (no one knows how he got there) when old Edward Powell marked him down for a feed. He spent days and days tring to catch the trout and at last succeeded. He took him home and prepared the pan for a fry. He gutted him but the trout became whole again and alive. At last he threw it on to the pan which was very hot but the pan cooled immediately. Then he laid the trout on the red coals but they quenched at once and water flowed around the fireplace. Getting alarmed he took the trout and replaced it in the well where it remained for years after but finally disappeared.
Peggy Aegars lived some place in the

There was once an old woman and her son. They were very poor. They had nothing even to bring water from the well except a riddle. The boy went to the well with the riddle to the well. A little robin said to him "Stuff it with moss and dab it with clay and you will bring home the water in a very nice way." He caught a little trout in the riddle. "Let me go! Let me go" said the trout and whenever you'll ask for anything in my name you will get it. So he let him go.One day the boy's mother had nothing to eat. The son told her about the trout. She said "I wish by the virtue of my little trout that the room will be full of meal. At once the place was full of meal.But they had no milk to make porridge so the woman said "I wish by the virtue of my little trout that I will have some milk". In walked a lovely cow. So they had lots of milk from that on.

One there was a well in my grandfather's. The field was called Cnocan Neilte. This field is situated south of Rehins School.
The well that was in it was blessed, and in olden times the people of the district used to do "stations" at it. One day a woman washed a baby's clothes in it, and the next day the well had disappeared. The well opened up in another field beside Ryders house, and there was a little trout in it.
Mrs Ryder caught the trout and killed it. The people of the house brought the dead trout in, and put it on the frying pan to roast. When the trout got the heat of the fire, it got alive and jumped away into the well again. Sometime after it was seen again, and its side scorched. The track

telling the story, when she was young.
In the well there were three trout, but the people never fished for them, because they believed they were three Saints who were changed into trout. About this time there resided near the well an English officer, and he was very fond of trout fishing, so he decided to fish, he did so and caught one of the trout. He brought it home and ordered his maid to cook it. She did so, and when one side of the fish was cooked, she was in the act of turning it, when a knock was heard on the door. On returning from the door, which she went to open, the fish had disappeared. Being terrified she told her

About one mile from Kilfinane there is a great holy well known as "St Malo's Well". Each year on the 3rd of August a pattern day is held there. This well is situated in the centre of a large field and is much visited by the people round that district.
The people used take their children to this well and any disease such as sore eyes or any other ailments would be washed with the water from the well. A great number of cures took place at this holy well. A trout was seen in it and anyone who was suffering from diseases would come and watch for the trout. If they were lucky enough to see the trout they were always cured. One man who was almost blind came to the well to be cured. The trout was swimming in it, but the moment he saw the man approaching he turned on his back and swam away. The man was not cured because he was a informer and was despised by the people. During the Kilmallock Rising 1869 he had done great injustices to the men, and had informed on them. He and his family died a very cruel death afterwards. He had gained much during life but before he died he had lost everything. A song was composed by the people after his death. This song was

St Batt's WellThere is a blessed well in the district of Coolard. The name of it is St Batt's Well. Every year people who have any disease go to that well to do the rounds for the disease. There is a trout inside in the well and anyone who sees the trout when he is doing the rounds is sure to be cured. They go there twice a year to do the rounds, the Saturday before the 1st of May and the Saturday before St. John's day. They say a rosary for every three rounds and they do nine rounds.
One day a woman went to the well for a gallon of water. By mistake she brought in the trout in the gallon. She put down the water to boil, but when she went to it again to see if it was boiled it was as cold as when she put it down. She saw the trout

When it is known that a trout is under the bank of a stream in a certain place the fisherman goes on one knee on the bank, puts one hand under the bank and searches along until he touches the fish. The trout is facing the current therefore the tail is the first part touched. Every young fellow who is accustomed to this, can move his hand along the trout barely touching it until his hand is opposite the stout part behind the head. Then he grabs and if the fish "backs" a finger gets into the gills.When a trout is very big the fisherman takes a fist of grass in his hands and with this it is easier to hold the fish.

in Co Mayo. There is supposed to be a trout in this well and if the person, performing the station, sees the trout, it is believed he will be cured. A protestant man caught this trout once and he put it on the pan to fry. The trout disappeared but was seen in the well with the mask of the burn on its back. A few yards away from the well there is a print of St Patricks head in the rock and people suffering from headaches lay their heads on the print. The track of his knee and shoulder are also pointed out. At Rosserk there is also a footprint, and it is always full of water. It was never been known to dry up.
There are wells in Clonown and Drum with footprints in the

Except on one occasion no one ever heard of the water of this well being used for common purposes but when it was taken for washing. Immediately the water turned black and the well went dry. The residents gave the well a thorough cleaning up and had it blessed and immediately the sparkling water sprang up anew. Another story in this connection is that people who are about to be cured of disease see a "Oneyed trout" in the well. It would appear that this trout used to be seen formerly and that it had two eyes but one day a woman took water to boil meat and cabbage for the dinner and in testing the meat with a fork prodded the eye out of the trout which she had brought in the water by mistake.On this occasion no matter how long the pot was on the fire or how good the fire was the water wouldn't heat or boil so the woman had to return to the well and since that time the trout has only one eye.

There are two holy wells around this district. One is situated in Clonenagh up in a tree and the other in Cromogue. St.Fintans well is the name of both of them. An angel is said to have taken the well in Clonenagh up in to the tree. There used to be a pilgrimage to Clonenagh and Cromogue on the 17th of February. There are many legends - attached to the well in Cromogue. It is said that there is a trout in the well and if anyone sees it it is said to be a Saint. There is another legend that the trout has only one eye, and the reason for that is,
Once a Protestant woman caught the trout and put it on the pan to fry. The trout was still alive and she

to pray and walk on the thorns and everything in the stream in satisfaction to God for their sins. St Moling said if a man or a woman walked against the stream he or she would die a happy death.
Three trout lived in this well and any person with any affected went to this well and walked against the stream was cured. Every person went to this well to be cured while the trout lived in it.
One day a woman by the name of Mrs. Malone went out to the well for a bucket of water. She was going to boil a pot water. By some ill luck the woman captured one of the trout in the bucket. She put the water in the pot and blew the fan. She blew all the time until she was tired. She threw out the water and she put the trout back in the well again.