School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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- (continued from previous page)our land with a cleft through which a child was drawn three times to cure rupture.
To cure trush people gave milk to a ferrit, then the milk left after him was given to the child effected.
About four miles from here there is a well called “Patricks well” which made stations to the cure of various aliments.
They bathed the effected part in the well and then left a token of their visit such as a piece of their clothing on the branches of a large tree that overshadowed the well. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
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- P. Healy