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School: Windgap (C.), Thomastown (roll number 5698)

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Bearna na Gaoithe, Co. Chill Chainnigh
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0851, Page 181

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  1. Old Prayers (continued)

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    "As I lie down on my right side,
    I give my soul to God to 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 angels overspread,
    Saints Mathew, Mark, Saints Luke and John,
    God bless this bed that I lie on.
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  2. The Beautiful Girl

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    Not far from the Comeragh Mountains lived a girl named Mary O'Neill, the fairest of all the girls around the district where she lived and as good as she was beautiful. She got married when she was nineteen years of age and her husband died
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