School: Tigh Molaga (C.) (roll number 12457)
- Location:
- Timoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shíthigh
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- (continued from previous page)faith in the well. People drink the water and some people take it home with them, and when they visit the well, they usually let a medal or something on the wall.
There are five eels in the well - two silvery ones, two brown ones, and a purple one, and they are seen in the morning, and when there is silence around the well.
There is a well in Rosscarbery called 'Tobairín Fachtna', and people visit it on St. John's night June 23rd. To get to the well they have to cross a small stream, and they do this barefoot, they also make the rounds there barefoot. This well is strewn with pieces of bread, and each sick person who visits the well, takes a bit of bread to eat, and puts a bit in its place.
- Collector
- Siobhán Ní Ailgheanáin
- Gender
- Female
