School: Cappamore (B.) (roll number 7480)
- Location:
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: James McCarthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 232
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- On entering a house the person says, "God bless all here". Then the people inside say "And you too".
On seeing a terrible wound or birth-mark, one would say "God bless the mark".
When a person meets with an accident, if another person tells the other one about it, the latter would say, "Lord between us and all harm.
If a person does a job for another person, the latter would say "Lord spare you your health"
If a person pays some money to another one, the person who got it would say, "More increase to you",On passing a grave-yard people say "The Lord have mercy on the dead".
When you do any job for a person, the person says, "May the lord leave you your health".
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