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School: Old Leighlin

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C. Ó Broin
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    touch those things because they apply these things to part effected and you might take the disease. A sgeach bush grows a few yards away the well. At this tree they leave handkerchiefs and pieces of cloth pray at this tree and at the holy cross they recite the Rosary. The well is surrounded by a concrete wall. The people around never use the water for household use except there is a shortage of water.

    John Jim McKenzie
    Monemore
    Leighlinbridge
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Jim Mc Kenzie
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moanmore, Co. Carlow