School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)
- Location:
- Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Louis A. Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 128
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Not far from where I live there is a very nice well that is called St. Patrick's well. It is said by the old people that many cures took place there. It is still visited by strangers, who are not known to the present generation, people who (are) (not) were exiled to foreign lands and who have come back to pay a visit to old ancient places.
I have heard the old people say that a trout in this well had been taken out, and when it was cooked nothing remained to be seen but pure blood. Beside this well is a mound, and on it grows a big ash tree. The owner(continues on next page)
