School: Carnaross, Kells (roll number 3852)
- Location:
- Carnaross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Ciaran's church helped to build the little house on the hill where his statue is exposed. There are two great hills one on which the little house is built.
Saint Ciaran always prayed to God to send a hill where he wished, and after some time a hill came where he prayed. At the foot of the hill there are many holy wells, where people often get cured. There is a well that cures headaches and toothaches.
The person who gets a cure always leaves money or pins and buttons, and other things like that. There is a little well or stream going through a rock and this cures warts. There is a place where people wash their scars and it cures them. There is also another holy well for drinking out of. There is an iron cup with a chair attached to it, this cup was blessed by a bishop many years ago. So if any one else had any(continues on next page)
