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   of the well. They go round the well three more times saying the same prayers. Going round to them they throw the stones on the big pile of stones. Where St. Feithin laid they knee down and say fifteen Our Fathers fifteen hail Mary's fifteent glory be to the Fathers. They go and do that three times either on a Sunday or on a Friday but no other day is allowed. When they com ethe last timethey will bring a piece of cloth and tie it to a piece of a bush that grows close by. Any body that goes and does that gains a great undulgence. I think there is going to be a statue erected there this year.

   

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Conrecode

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   James Conrecode

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rathreedaun, Co. Mayo