School: Drumgownagh
- Location:
- Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Dominic Ó Huiginn
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- This is an old prayer that I heard from grandmother.
There are four corners on my bed,
There are four angles over head,
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,
God bless the bed that I lay on.
And if I die before I sleep,
I'll give my soul to God to keep,
And if I die before I wake,
I'll give my soul to God to take.
- Collector
- Máire Ní Bhrádaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Keeldra, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Moran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Keeldra, Co. Leitrim
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“There was some good religious people in my district John Roarke he is dead now.”
I got this prayer from Mrs Moran, Keeldra, Annaghmore.
There was some good Religious people in my district John Roarke he is dead now. He went to Mass wet and dry and he over eighty years. Here is a story I heard about Saint Patrick when he was preaching the true Faith. He came as far as a house in Drumard and he told a woman that he was hungry, the woman did not like him and she cooked a pup for him and when he sat down to eat it he made the Sign of the Cross on it. As soon as he had this done the pup walked off the plate and St. Patrick cursed the parish. The people of the parish got sorry and(continues on next page)
