Volume: CBÉ 0646 (Part 4)

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1. The Cure of Srathnavoon (continued)

   

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   There is supposed to be a cure in the waters of Srathnavoon. There used to be a "well" there under the wall of the wood; but tis covered up now.

   That's where they used to take the water for the cure long ago. Srathnavoon is flowing into the rising wind and the rising sun; and that has something to do with the cure, but I can't tell you exactly what now.

   

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2. The Gold Found at the Building of the "Island Wall"

   

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   When they were building the Island Road Wall. There was a lot of gold found there where the tree is going out of the wall. That's why they left that three there, although they rooted away

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   Date

   12 September 1939

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Irish

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

   Informant

   • Paddy Sweeney