School: Bracknagh (2)

Location:
Bracknagh, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Mac Giobúin
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    A collection of prayers\When gong to bed at night:-
    Here I lay down upon my bed to sleep,
    To God I give my should to keep,
    There are four corners of my bed,
    There are four angels to light and spread,
    Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
    God bless this bed that I lie on,
    If any evil comes to me,
    I pray Blessed Lady waken me,
    And if I die before I wake,
    I pray to God my sold to take.
    Some people say the end of the prayer different they say:
    If any evil spirit comes to me,
    I pray to God my woes to see,
    And my right hand to bless myself. Amen.
    When a person would be going a journey he would say:- "God grant me a safe journey" and on the rest used say, God grant or Amen. When going past the graveyard they used say, "God grant eternal rest to them".
    Kathleen Carey,
    Clonsast,
    Rathangan,
    Co. Offaly
    Gor from
    Mrs. Thomas Carey,
    Clonsast,
    Rathangan,
    Co. Offaly.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Carey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonsast Lower, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Thomas Carey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonsast Lower, Co. Offaly