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School: Teach Mhic Conaill (roll number 15614)

Location:
Taghmaconnell, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Ó Tuathaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 092

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    and good'. They used say that prayer when a person would get killed or drowned. They used say another prayer when a person would be working. 'May God be with me this day, and that He may bless and protect'. They say this prayer going to bed
    'As I lie down on my right side
    I pray to God to be my guide
    And if I die before I wake
    To God I leave my soul to take
    If any evil thing comes to me
    Blessed Lady waken me'
    'There are four corners on my bed
    There are four angels on my spread'
    'Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
    God bless the bed that I lay on'.
    They say certain short aspirations when a person is going on a journey such as 'God speed you', 'That you may go safely', That you may have a successful road'. They say a prayer entering a church 'I enter into thy house Oh Lord where the multitudes of thy mercies hear my prayers.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Moore
    Gender
    Female