School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls) (roll number 16333)
- Location:
- Skerries, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Caitlín Cadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 227
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- Here are some prayers I learnt at home. My mother told me these prayers. When I sneeze I always say, "God bless me". At night when I am going to bed I always say, "Jesus Mary and Joseph send me over the night as you did over the day. When I get up in the morning I say "Jesus Mary and Joseph send me over this day as you did over the night". And, thank you dear Lord for bringing me over the night". This is a prayer I say going to bed. O Mary my Mother in you do I confide and show yourself a Mother to me. I also say this prayer going to bed. -"As I lay my body down to sleep
I give my soul to God to keep
And if I should die before I wake
I pray to God my soul to take."When starting work I say. "All for Thee O Lord, O My Jesus all for Thee". When I go into the Church, I dip my hand in the font of holy-water, and I sprinkle the holy-water on the ground saying "Lord have mercy on all the poor(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Walsh
- Gender
- Female
