School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 540
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- (continued from previous page)She went home, and after three days her feet were well.The well is under a tree, and there is a big cross cut out in a stone and "St Nicholas' Well" is written on it.
______________________Near the Moat of Rathvilly, there is a "holy" stone, at the entrance to a lane known as, Mount Kelly Lane.The stone is built in the wall, opposite the lane, about 1 1/2 yards up from the ground. The stone is hollow in the centre, and it was never known to be without water. There is no water nor stream near it, nor the rain-water cannot blow in to it, so it is a "miracle" how the water is always in it.It is the belief of the people, that if anyone had warts or sores of any kind, and if they washed in the water, they would be cured immediately.
- Informant
- Mr Arthur Hanlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Knockaderry, Co. Wicklow
