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School: Ring, Dalahasey (roll number 9111)

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Ring Commons, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
M. Ní Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0783, Page 118

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    Every district in Ireland has its own little prayers taught to the children at home by their parents or grandparents before they come to school some of those prayers are in Irish and have come down from our ancestors and are very valuable.
    Now I will tell a couple of prayers which I was taught before I came to school. (Heare) Here is a little prayer which can be said morning and night.
    "Take my body Jesus,
    Eyes and ears and tongue,
    Never let them Jesus,
    Help to do thee wrong".
    Here is another prayer which can be said morning and night for a happy death.
    "O Merciful Jesus have mercy on me
    My heart and my soul I resign unto thee
    Five bleeding wounds thou suffered
    Crucified Jesus have mercy on me".
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aloysius Maguire
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Killougher, Co. Dublin