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Doonbeg, Co. Clare
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Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin Bean an Ághasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 364

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 364

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  1. A Story about a Well (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    time. The man who owned the field where the well was thought the people were doing too much damage to the field and he closed the well. The priests maid went for a bucket of water that evening and she found the well closed, she told the priest when she came back. He said nothing but the following morning the well was open again. The man who closed the well died after of Diabetes.
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  2. A Story about a Blessed Well

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    There was a well in Doughmore long ago near Shanahan's. One night a bad deed was committed at it and the following morning it was shifted away to about a 1/4 mile at the back of Clohane's school. It was a great well for sore eyes and headaches and is still good.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Beití Ní Dhomhnaill
    Gender
    Female