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   and he saw two-pence in it. he took it out and kept it, but the next morning his life was terribly swollen, no one knew what could be the matter with his lip. He, himself, however, thought of the twopence he had taken out of the Well, and he went back unknown to anybody and dropped the twopence back into the well, and the next morning his life was its normal size again.

   

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   “There is a holy-well in Mrs. Perry's farm at Laffinsbridge...”

   

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   There is a hol-well in Mrs. Perry's farm at Laffinsbridge, parish Killenaule, Barony of Middlethird. One time Mrs. Perry employed a servant girl. One day when it was time to put down the dinner she went to the well for the water instead of to the pump. She put it over the fire

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Buckley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knockroe, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Buckley

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   80

   Address

   Knockroe, Co. Tipperary