School: Glenidan (roll number 12862)
- Location:
- Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoldhia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0722, Page 056
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- (continued from previous page)on the chimneys of the houses. Sometimes they take the half-doors out of the houses and hang them on a tree near by. For the supper all the people have a barm brack. In this brack is a ring. The person in the family who gets the ring will be first married.
- The following prayers are said when going to bed.
1. I lay my body down to sleep
I pray to God my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray to God my soul to take.2. I must die I do not know hour or when, or where
But if I die in mortal sin
I'm lost forever
Lord Jesus have mercy on me.
In the name of our Lord Jesus crucified
I lay myself down to rest
Bless me O Lord, defend and keep me
And after this short and miserable pilgrimage
Bring me to life everlasting.
There are four corners on my bed
There are four angels over head Mathew, Mark, Luke and John
God bless this bed that I lay on. - Collector
- Mary Coleman
- Gender
- Female
