School: Cill Átha (roll number 9298)
- Location:
- Killagh More, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mrs Pender
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- Some of the prayers which I learned at home and not at school are as follows,
1. There are four corners on my bed,
There are four angels on them spread,
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
God bless me on the bed that I lay on.
2. If a person were going on a journey, the people of the house would say, "God speed you and send you safe over your journey".
3. When getting up in the morning we say "Thanks be to God who brought you safe over the night".
4. When lighting a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Maloney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
