School: Cnoc na Manach, An Mhainistir Bhán, Cionn tSáile (roll number 1391)
- Location:
- Knocknamanagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dáithí de Barra
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- (continued from previous page)Long ago a few trees grew near the well. When people made rounds every time they put a ribbon on the tree so that they would know how many times they visited the well.
An old woman near the well visited it every day. This woman had very sore eyes and they could not be cured. An old man told her to visit the well every day for one week. She did as he told her and she was cured - Transcription guide »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.
- Collector
- Mary Coveney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Robertstown, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Daniel Coveney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Granig, Co. Cork