School: Ross (roll number 12789)
- Location:
- Ross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Cáit Bean Uí Mhaoláin
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- (continued from previous page)the water from it cures an ailment known as the “Rose.” If a man has the Rose a woman must get the water for him, and if a woman has the Rose a man must get it for her. The water is rubbed to the affected part.
There are two holy wells in Ballinacree. They cure warts and the toothache.
A story is connected with the formation of one of them. There was a bell in Killeigh which is now an old graveyard and is seldom used and there was a catholic church here long ago. In Cromwell’s time the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Angela Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ross, Co. Meath