School: Ballyshannon, Kilcullen (roll number 15456)
- Location:
- Ballyshannon, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Margaret Dowling
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 191
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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. - In Glasseley there is a well which is known as Saint Patrick's well. The Saint was supposed to have rested at the well. Every St. Patrick's day crowds of people from all the surrounding districts travel to the well and drink the water and some bring it away in bottles. The Local bands march to the place where the well is situated and play national airs. There is a stone beside the well which is supposed to bear the print of the Saint's foot.
- In our neighbourhood there are people who are able to cure ailments , such as Anthony's fire, yellow jaundice.
An old man named John Keogh of Kileen , Narraghmore, cures Anthony's fire by anointing the sores with his blood which he obtains by cutting(continues on next page)
