School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer
- Location:
- Knockerra, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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“A man lived in Knockerra named Dan Troy.”
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“My old nurse, Mrs Mary Walshe, used to say her prayers in Irish.”
My old nurse, Mrs Mary Walshe, used to say her prayers in Irish. When going to bed she used to take up her scapular and say the following:-Pé díon a fuair mise ó Mháthair Criost ní fiu me é fhághail, anois tá mé ag dul fé'd dhíon agus fe'd bhrat, slanuigheam me fhéin leat in Ainm an Athair agus an Mhic agus an Sproid Naoimh - Amen.
When the lamp was lighted she used to say:-"Solus na bhFlaitheis go dtugaidh an Tighearna dár n-anamnacha an Lá Deidheannach".
When the potaoes were dug she said:-Beirimid beó ar an am seo aris