School: Moate (1)
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- Moate, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Gríbhthín
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- There is a holy well in Killameenaham and there is a pattern there on the fifteenth of August every year and crowds of people go there to pray. When there is a seventh son born he has a charm to cure ring-worm. A child hat is born after its father's death has power to cure sores on a child's mouth. People move into a house on a friday because its luck to move into a house on that day. It is said that if you give away money on the first Monday of the year you have no money during the year.
- There is a holy well in Killamameenahen and there is a pattern there every year and people go there and take water out of it before sunrise. Where there is a seventh son he has power to cure ringworm. A child that is born after his father's death has(continues on next page)