School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)
- Location:
- Killinaboy, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 342
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- Nóra Ní Casadaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycasheen, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Thomas Cassidy
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- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Ballycasheen, Co. Clare
- There is a blessed well in John Collins’s hill. It is called St. Josephs well. People pay rounds at it on Mondays and Thursday.
Collected by: - Seoirse Riain, Crossard
Told by: - George Ryan,Crossard,(his father)
(55 years) - In John Collins’s hill (Dromoher) there is a blessed well. It is called St. Anthonys well. It is a cure for sore eyes and warts. About ten years ago there was a man living in Boulthadine. He used to come through this hill every morning coming to his work. He had a stye in his eye and he was praying one morning over the well and the stye fell(continues on next page)
