School: Radharc na Sionainne (roll number 16477)
- Location:
- Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Nóirín Ní Uiginn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0260, Page 130
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- As I lay down on my right side
I pray to God to be my Guide
And if I die before I wake
I give my soul to God to takeThere are four corners on my bed
Four white angels on my spread
Mathew, Mark, Luke and John
God bless me and this bed that I lie on"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in lightness and darkness
Aid us and save us"
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“This is a song the old women used to....”
This is a song the old women used to cune when they were raking the fire.
Níl mar rad
lág mar ádbar.
Duineas is an duinas,
bochtna is bochtna,
M'anam mo néas
Is bocht gan abaire. - Informant
- Mrs L. English
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
