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School: Cluain Fhada (roll number 15091)

Location:
Cloonfad More, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Thighearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 156

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    woman who told her what to do. She told her to offer the child to God at the top of the well and to get a bottle and take home some of the water and bathe the child with it. The mother did all she was told. After bathing the child three times he was able to walk and is still living. There is supposed to be a priest buried convenient to the well and Mass was said there in olden times.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lahagboy, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Brigid Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    47
    Address
    Lahagboy, Co. Roscommon