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School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

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Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 373

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  1. Holy Wells (continued)

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    prayed at it to get cured. He left a pair of beads at the well. When he reached home he was able to hear well.
    Some invalids drink the well water, some bathe in it and some rub it to the affected part.
    There are relics left at the wells in Falmore, Greencastle and Shrove, viz., pieces of cloth and bits of beads.
    There are no fish in any of the wells. I never heard any stories of people ever trying to desecrate the wells. There are no bushes at any oft he wells.

    Author
    Patrick Harkin
    Falmore

    Mary Rose Breslin
    Lecamy
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Fragment of Poem Referring to the Eviction of the Doherty Family of Carrowmena

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    With two flails and a threshing board aching my head,
    The straw and the chaff flying into my bed,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Breslin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mary Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal