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1. Holy Wells

   

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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.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Grace Crawford

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Stirrupstown, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Alfred Crawford

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Stirrupstown, Co. Meath

2. Proverbs

   

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   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.

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