School: Ballyjamesduff Convent

Location:
Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Mary Theresa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0996, Page 456

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    On New Years night if you give money to anybody you will give the luck away with it. It is said that if you go out on Hallow Eve you will see a ghost and if you left a cup of water on the table it would be gone in the morning as the souls in Purgatory would drink
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  2. Old Prayers.
    When people are selling things to anyone they say, "May give you luck." When people are passing anybody working they say. "God bless your work." When getting up in the morning they would say. "Thanks be to God for having saved me from all the dangers of the night and may He save me from the dangers of the coming day."
    When a person goes into a house he says "Gd save all here," or "May God bless this house When a person is going from your house to his house say, "May God bring you home safe. When you are passing a graveyard say, "May God rest all the poor souls that are buried there." In time of war they say "May God keep away the war.
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