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School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)

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Ónainn, Co. Chill Chainnigh
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 114

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    (continued from previous page)
    by, I used see large numbers of old people, congregate around this well on every Sunday, there is supposed to be some cure in its water.
    Some few hundred yds. away, there is a large stone called a Cromleck or Druid's Altar. This stone, which weighs about 26 tons was supposed to be originally laid up on three others, which are there, and was used as a place of worship by the Druids.
    Saint Patrick is said to have come along for a bit and said,
    What the D - Do I know about you or your Judes altar; so flabbergasted the departed.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Lena Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Scogh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
    Informant
    Philip O' Dwyer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Cill Ó Neire, Co. Chill Chainnigh