School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)

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   and church. Overhanging the well is a thorn bush. Tradition is that its water cannot be boiled or heated or used to boil anything One day somebody used the water to boil potatoes and the water never boiled. Some offering is made when a person visits the church, such as medals or crosses or flowers. Told by: MR. P. Nugent (50), Ballydrehid, Cahir, Co. Tipperary Written by: Margaret Nugent, Ballydrehid N.S., Cahir, Co. Tipperary

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2. Our Holy Wells

   

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   Our Holy Wells
   There is one holy well in this district called St. Pecaun's Well. It is in a field owned by Mr. Burke beside the Great Southern Railway in Toureen, parish of Kilmoyler and the barony of Clanwilliam. People go there to do their 'rounds' from the 1st of August to the 9th of August. It is said if a girl goes there and does the rounds

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