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School: Carrigaline (3) (roll number 12097)

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Carrigaline, Co. Cork
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Martha Levis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0392, Page 218

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    missed her and went to Ahane Cross road and found the wolves eating her. He said a few words and the wolves were turned into stones. One wolf cub stone is still to be seen in Tracton bogs and the rest near Ahane Cross. This saint got his sister's bones and washed them in the well and she came back to life. Some people say she used to get water from some well to make barley bread. People visit this well at night with a light to get cured of any disease. They drink the water sometimes.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Hosford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilnahone, Co. Cork