from "Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of

Ireland," by
Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde

1887

src="../images/photobrighidswell.jpg" alt="Brighid's Well" />NEAR the last-named well is the

Bride's Well, Tober Breda (the holy well of St. Bridget). There is a stone oratory here of

fabulous antiquity, with a doorway fashioned after the Egyptian model, sloping towards the

top; also an ancient white-thorn covered with votive offerings, amongst which one may see many

a long lock of the splendid dark hair of the Irish southern women, who adopt this antique

traditional symbol of self-sacrifice to show their gratitude to the patron saint.

(shown is another Brighid's well)

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