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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 233

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    relics after them there.
    Before leaving, they ask a drink of water at the well from a man named Cairihan, who takes money for it. They fill a bottle then with it to take home with them. There is no fish in it or no bush or tree growing near it.
    There is a well in which a fish was one time, down in the glen in Denis Sheehan's field in western Tureencahill. It was a trout that was in it and the people freely used the water. One morning however, a woman named Mary Keeffe of Reabee, took home a bucket of water from that well to do the scalding. While skimming her milk, she put the water
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Denis Sheehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry