School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

Location:
Faugher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 136

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  1. Long ago when people went into a house they would not say Good - night but "God Bless all here" and when they were leaving again they would say "May God and Mary bless you all. If they saw anyone doing any work they would say God Bless the work.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. When the old people would (say) sneeze they used to say a short prayer such as, "Dia is Muire liom. After lighting the lamp they used say "Buideachas don Righ sá choinne an t-solais.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Sweeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Marblehill, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    D. Sweeney
    Gender
    Unknown
    Age
    42
    Address
    Marblehill, Co. Donegal