School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 031
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- As I lie down my right hand side
I pray to God to be my guide
Any evil come to me,
Blessed Lady waken me.
There are four corners on my bed
And four angels on them spread.
Mathew Mark Luke and John
Bless the bed that I lie on.
- Collector
- Julia Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Faartan, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Jude Henry
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Faartan, Co. Galway
- As I look up, as I look down,
As I look up into God's crown,
I met the Virgin Mary coming down,
Twelve books in her hand
Twelve bells ringing,
Twelve priests singing,
Shut the doors of hell
And open the gates of heaven. - If this prayer is said three times morning and evening, you'll never see the fires of hell.
- Informant
- J. Burke
