School: Cratloe (C.)
- Location:
- An Chreatalach Mhór, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Máire Ní Shitric
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 151
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Jesus, Mary and Joseph I give you my heart and my soul. Jesus, Mary and Joseph assist me in last agony. Jesus, Mary and Joseph I pour forth my soul in peace with you.
When people are raking the fire at night they say "That I may be alive to put it down in the morning"
When people are going into a Chapel they say "O Lord make me free from sin to enter into your house.
When we are passing a place where there are people working we say "God bless the work."
When a person gets anything new the general salutation is "May you live and may you wear it
When a person gives anything to another person the person who gets the present says to the giver "A long life to you"
When a young man does a good turn, he's greeted by the old saying "A good partner to you."
When old people see new clothes they would say "May you live to wear. When the people used to see the new potatoes for the first time or the first sheave of corn they would say(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nancy O Gorman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an tSléibhe Theas, Co. an Chláir
