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School: Dristeran (roll number 2131)

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Dristernan, Co. Donegal
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Séamus Ó Cnaimhsighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 242

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    she saw the Blessed Virgin and that she said she was very pleased with her for putting the crown of flowers on her head.
    But the rosary that she said was better than all the flowers she ever put on her head.
    This is told by my Grandfather Francis Doherty.
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    There is a well in a field in Moneydarragh, just behind James McCarron's house, which is said to cure chilblains and many come to get cured. The mystery is when you go to get cured the well dries up. If it happens to go dry in the summer time and if you put another drop of water in the well, it has the same effect.
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