School: Talbotstown, Kiltegan
- Location:
- Talbotstown Upper, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: R. Mac Icidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 167
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- (continued from previous page)Tobar [?]: This well is situated on the left hand side of the road leading from Talbotstown to Baltinglass about one hundred yards from Mr Kelly's house. This is the only name by which it is known.
Some people however call it St Christopher's Well.
There is a good flow of water from this well and this water keeps up a name for cures.
No pilgrimage is made to this well nowadays, but the person who supplied this information tells me that he can remember the time when a tree which grew over the well had many rags stuck in it. It was believed that when the rags rotted away the person was sure to be healed.
Mr Geoghegan says as far as he knows, warts and sores or sprains were the ailments which yielded to a course of treatment at this well.
- Informant
- Mr Richard Geoghegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Danesfort Upper, Co. Wicklow
