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Title
Jaundice Well or St. Patrick's Well
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
The name of the well in English is the "Jaundy Well" or Jaundice Well. Its name in Irish is the Greallach Bui Mór. The well is also associated with St. Patrick.
2 Townland, County, GPS
The townland of Drumcru, near Stone Bridge, in the Parish of Clones, County Monaghan.
3 Physical description of well and its surroundings
The well is a large spring. It is surrounded by trees of whitethorn, hazel, alder and rowan.
4 Cure
The well has the cure of Jaundice and skin conditions. You say three Aves and three Paters, and three Glorias and wash the afflicted area with the water. If you had jaundice, there was a peculiar tradition associated with it where you took off your shirt and washed it in the water and then drank as much water as would make you vomit. In nine days you would be cured.
5 Pattern day
There was no particular pattern for the well, you just went as you needed.
8 Stories
Saint Patrick stopped there for a rest when he was fleeing Slemish. His shirt had got dirty on the way and he took it off and washed it in the waters. Later on, when he returned to Ireland, he baptised the local people in the well.
9 Publications
Folk tradition as it was passed on to Seáinín Mac Brádaigh.