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School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

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Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 344

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    There are two wells round here, Saint Patricks well at Triste and Saint Tiarnans well in Errew. These wells are visited on Mondays and Thursdays around the 15th, August, A station is done at St Tiarnans well by saying seven "Patters," seven "Aves" and seven "Glorias", St Tiarnans well changed from Errew to Castlehill, The man who owned the field where this well was did not like the people to be destroying his land, In order to stop them from coming to the well he put dirt into it, The next morning the well and the little bush had changed to Castlehill, After that the man was
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    B. Granaghan
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Mayo