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School: An Tuar Mór

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Toormore, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 228

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    (i) Prayer said at night:
    Here I lay me down to sleep
    And on my bed four angels keep
    Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
    God bless this bed that I lie on.
    The Lord be the breath
    The Lady be the flower
    God will be my friend
    At my dying hour.
    Another version is
    There are four corners on my bed
    There are four angels at my head
    Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
    God bless me on the bed I lie on.
    And if I die before I wake
    To God I give my soul to take.
    Petiton
    O Sacred Heart of Jesus I have asked Thee for many favours but I plead for this one. Take it. Place it in your open Broken Heart and when the Eternal Father sees it covered with a mantle of His Most Precious Blood He will not refuse it.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs John Mc Greeny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carroward, Co. Roscommon