School: Drumdigus (C.), Kilmurry McMahon (roll number 13479)
- Location:
- Drumdigus, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghormáin
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- (continued from previous page)not forgetting her promise she came to the well on the following Sunday and took with her a valuable Statue of the Blessed Virgin as an offering to the Saint.
Round a fort convenient to the Well some of the "rounds" are performed. The Rosary and any prayers one wishes to say are sufficent. Having performed the five long "rounds" one most come back to the well and perform five short "rounds" and some people leave a blessed candle lighting at the well while doing the "rounds". Many take a little quantity of the water, and wash their eyes or any affected parts of their bodies with the water and the moss. The only offerings which are left at this well are Statues or some money which goes for the up-keep of the Well. It is said that this Well was originally in Dillon's field. One evening in the month of July a little girl who was visiting Dillions was sent to the spring well for a bucket of water to boil potatoes but instead she went to the Blessed Well for the water and put it down boiling potatoes. The well removed and sprung up in Hasset's field near by.
There is another Blessed Well in Molougha which is called St Senan's Well. At this Well many people got cured. A little boy who lived in Liscannor complained of pain in his head. He came to Molougha and performed the rounds. He went(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Neylon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmihil, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Slievedooley, Co. Clare