School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)
- Location:
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)Patrick he blessed this well.
People visit this well on Garland Sunday.
There is another well in the glen called St. Brigets well.
The people visit this well on Garland Sunday. It is hard to perform a station at this well. There is a tree at the well and to perform a station at this well you must walk around this tree three times in your barefeet. Then you must go around three times on your knees then go around walking once more praying. The prayers said are five our Father five Hail Marys and five Glorias.
After this you will step into the well. There are little stones in the bottom of the well.
Then you will lift one of those(continues on next page)- Collector
- Paddy Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Thomas Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo