School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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This well is covered in with black-thorned bushes and almost all the leaves are stained red.
All the people drink this water and they bring a little of it home.
It is said that many people got some of this water and put it down on the fire but they could not boil it.
There is another holy well near Somer's which is a mile from Callan and which is called St. Jame's well and every year on the 31st of July the people visit it. There is a holy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ailís Ní Glionnán
- Other names
- Ailís Ní Glionnán
- Alice Glendon
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- James Glendon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
