School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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- (continued from previous page)Saint continued his journey. He went over the hill to Donoughmore, where he built a Church. On his way over the hill, be became very thirsty, and was very glad when he came to Tobar na Carraige. He took a drink, and was so refreshed that he blessed the water of the well, and prayed that the water of the well might cure man of his ills.Rustyduff Well:-
Called "St Brigid's Well". It is in Hanlon's haggard, and has a wall around it. There is a cup left at it, so that people may get a drink.Father Hyland CC blessed it, and "Spud" Murphy told me that he thinks that is how it is regarded as a blessed well. He never heard any legend of St Brigid in that part of the district.St John's Well
In Rustyduff, in Lamb's land.
There are seven springs, and if a person suffering from a pain in the stomach rises water out of the seven springs, he will be cured.Cranerin:-
St Lacken's Well (on the left hand(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Headon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Knockandarragh, Co. Wicklow
