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School: Baile Dubh (2), (B.)

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Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Murchadha
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    The prayers I was taught when I was young were the prayers going to bed and the prayer in the mornings. This is a night prayer.
    "There are four corners in my bed.
    There are four angels overhead,
    Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John,
    God bless the bed that I lay on."
    This is a prayer which should be said going through life.
    "Death shall come to seek me.
    A short half hour ere day,
    And for each guileful action,
    H'ell make me dearly pay.
    In the death room lying lonely
    With the brown shroud round me only,
    How gladly I'd do penance if then I had the way."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Hickey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Hickey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyduff, Co. Waterford