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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 058

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    A Holy Well
    14th March, 1938.
    There is a "Holy Well" situated in the townland of Teemore, in the Parish of Granard, Co. Longford known as "Our Lady of Lourdes" well. It is beside "Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto beside St. Mary's Church.
    The old people say that the water from this spring cures sore eyes, sore fingers, and sore feet. If we dip out finger in the water of this well and rub it to the sore place it will be well in three days.
    A number of visitors from various places come to this well during the year, but numbers visit it on the 15th August, the feast of the Assumption.
    Many people have been cured at it from time to time. It is the custom to leave offerings of money or petitions
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Fagan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Katie Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    69
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford