School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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- (1)There is a holy well in Ballsfield . The water there is in it has the cure of the head ache. The time of the Danes there was a priest hung over it. There are three black fish living in it, and they come over once a year.
(2) There was a church year at the warty well and there was a chapel in the same field . There is a holy water font of the chapel in the warty well.
- Collector
- Grace Crawford
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stirrupstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Alfred Crawford
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Stirrupstown, Co. Meath
- An Apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
Still waters run deep.
A stitch in time saves nine.(continues on next page)
