School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)
- Location:
- Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 675
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- As I lie (down) on my right hand
side I pray to God to be my guide
there are four corners on my bed
I hope four angels on its spread
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
God bless this bed that I lie on
and if I die before I wake I pray
to God my soul to take.
- Collector
- Brigid Keady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornacartan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Walter Keady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornacartan, Co. Mayo
- Four corners in this bed, four angels
over it spread Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John God bless me in this bed the bed that I lie on. - Collector
- Brigid Keady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornacartan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Walter Keady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornacartan, Co. Mayo
