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School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

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Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 365

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    by Micheal Lyons of Frewin. "St.Brendan's Well" in the district of Cullion Mullingar has power to cure people of sickness. When a person took ill a bottle of water from St. Brendan's Well was fetched and the sick person drank it.
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  2. Local Cures

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    Near Barnstown there is a place called Kilbixy where there is a well. Lot of people go there to get cured of pains and aches. There is a bush over the well and everyone who goes there puts a bit of rag on the bush. I do not know why. The bush is always covered with rags.
    There are two men in the district living
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Healy