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Article: WISHING WELLS.(holy wells in Ireland)
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- World of Hibernia
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- September 22, 1998
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WHATEVER AILS YOU-BE IT POOR EYESIGHT OR A BAD BACK-IRELAND'S HOLY WELLS OFFER HOPE.
Most people have been cursed with a painful toothache at one time or another. Imagine it happening to you in rural Ireland and then discovering that the local dentist is on vacation. To make matters worse, it's Wednesday and the pharmacy is enjoying a half-day closing. What is an agonized traveler supposed to do--suffer?
Of course not. Just explain our problem to any passing villager. First you'll heat a colorful story about St. Lactigern or some other obscure saint, then you'll be directed up a country lane. You may be told to go through a hole in a stone wall (never ...