Curiosities, Customs & Patterns
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Patterns, pilgrimages, holy wells etc, from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942.
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Avenue of blue and pink hydrangeas at Corraun House, from Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942
The final page on Form A of the survey had the headings "Curiosities" and "Customs, Patterns, etc.
Curiosities were to include " Curious objects, structures, monuments, landmarks.....freaks of nature...in fact any scene or object which may be regarded as queer, quaint or mirth-provoking"
Included in the curiosities are "Hoof-marks of St.Patrick's horse" and the gardens at Corraun House.
In the section on customs and patterns, there are descriptions of St Colman's Well and St. Brendan's Well.
St. Brendan's Holy Well, Keel Strand