School: Liathdruim
- Location:
- Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0141
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- (continued from previous page)parish in Egan's field. The people go down on their knees, and they creep round the well a few times and they pray while going round. Then they wash their hands and face with a cup of water out of the well. There are trees and bushes growing round it and they tie a piece of cord on them when they are finished. If a person had a disease they would go to perform to get cured. They go to perform in the month of July. It is called Bran's Well.
- 1. "What you never had you never lost."
2. "What you can do today never put off until tomorrow."
3. "A stitch in time saves nine."
4. "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
5. "Time enough lost the ducks."
6. "A good beginning is half the worth."(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Conway
- Gender
- Male
