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School: Scoil N. Bríde, Kilmaine

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Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Maighréad, Bean Uí Ghliasáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 127

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    There was once an old woman and every time she dug a potato she rose her eyes to heaven and said "Thanks be to God". A prayer the old people had while going to the chapel was -: "Fly ye inemies of our salvation the line of the tribe of Juda the root of David hath required Alleuia".
    There was an old woman once who lived alone all the prayers she knew was -: The big prayer and the little prayer and of I had them better I would say them while she was saying those prayers the house used
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doorath, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Connor
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doorath, Co. Mayo