School: Rooskey (roll number 4800)
- Location:
- Rúscaigh, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Luke Caslin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 144
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Rooskey
- XML Page 144
- XML “Old Prayers”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Old Prayers
My grandmother Mrs Jane Cox of New Ruskey told me some of the prayers that used to be said in olden times. This is some of them.
As I lie down on my bedside I pray to God to be my guide, And if I die before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. There are four corners on my bed, There are four angles at my head, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. God bless the bed that I lie on. There is another old prayer, and this is it.
As I go to my bed, As I go to my grave. The great God Almighty, my soul for to save. Jesus my branch, Mary my flower, Jesus, Mary and Joseph be with me at my dying hour.
This is another old prayer.
God bless good Friday night God bless good Friday day. The day our Blessed Lord was crucified. With a crown of thorns on his head. Our Blessed Lady standing by, With a pitiful look, and a mournful cry. Any one who says this little prayer three times by day and three times(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lily Robinson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Roosky New, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Mrs Jane Cox
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Roosky New, Co. Ros Comáin
