THE BRIDE’S WELL.
Near the last-named well is the Bride’s Well, Tober Breda (the holy well of St. Bridget). There is a stone oratory3 here of fabulous4 antiquity5, with a doorway6 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 gratitude7 to the patron saint.
St. Bridget took the name of the pagan goddess Brighita in order to destroy and obliterate8 the idolatrous rites9 and transfer the devotion of the people to the Christian10 ceremonies, and Tober-Breda is now considered of the highest sanctity, being under the special patronage11 of St. Bridget.

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