School: Castletown, Mountrath (roll number 2731)
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 016
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- (continued from previous page)Except on one occasion no one ever heard of the water of this well being used for common purposes but when it was taken for washing. Immediately the water turned black and the well went dry. The residents gave the well a thorough cleaning up and had it blessed and immediately the sparkling water sprang up anew. Another story in this connection is that people who are about to be cured of disease see a "Oneyed trout" in the well. It would appear that this trout used to be seen formerly and that it had two eyes but one day a woman took water to boil meat and cabbage for the dinner and in testing the meat with a fork prodded the eye out of the trout which she had brought in the water by mistake.On this occasion no matter how long the pot was on the fire or how good the fire was the water wouldn't heat or boil so the woman had to return to the well and since that time the trout has only one eye.
