School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)
- Location:
- Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 348
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- (continued from previous page)In Brosna which is also five or six miles away there are three holy wells which are visited the first three Saturdays in May.
As a rule every person[s] leaves something at the holy well, such as a cup, a mug,an egg cup, or some vessel which may be used by people who wish to drink a few sips of the holy water. A hairpin, a safety pin, a piece of ribbon ar anything atall may be left behind as a token at the well.
In this district remedies were not sought by crawling through an opening: under a briar or through a cleft in a tree but a remedy for whooping cough was sought by crawling under a donkey.
