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School: Athboy (B.)

Location:
Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Domhnalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 025

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    and govern me, and after this short and miserable pilgrimage bring me to life everlasting". "Amen."
    When there is a new moon the people bless themselves and say "I see the moon and the moon see's me God bless the moon and God bless me."
    When a person hears a dead bell they say: "Lord have mercy on all the poor souls".
    When a person is starting work they say: "Direct we beseech thee Oh Lord all our actions by thy holy inspirations and carry them on by thy gracious assistance that every prayer, word and wor [?]
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