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School: Drumrora

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Drumroragh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 350

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    The old Irish people had great belief in home made cures and holy wells. I will tell here some of the cures as far as I know. A child born on Good Friday and Baptized on Easter Sunday has the cure of the "evil". It was also believed that a snail if cut in two and rubbed in warts would make them disappear if the snail were stuck on a thorn to wither. There is a well in Lavey called St. Dympna's well where people go on pattern Day which is in the month of August for cures of every kind. There is also a famous well in Meath called St. Ciarans Well where people go in thousands to pray and seek cures on the
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