School: Roisín (roll number 12395)
- Location:
- An Roisín, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Chorcoráin
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- (continued from previous page)is sometimes blessed by the priest and cut over the newly married couples head.
Money is given as dowry but in former times stock were given.
- The old Irish people had many beautiful prayers and ejaculations, for instance when a person is intering a house he says " Día’s Muire dhuit" which means "God and Mary be with you", also when a person come for alms he says "go mbeannuighid Día annso isteach which means "May the blessing of God be with all here", and if they receive any alms they say a little prayer like "May God keep sickness and trouble and death away from all here and may God increase your store". When people are going on a long journey they sprinkle Holy Water on themselves and say, "May God protect me on the way" or "May God bring me safely back".
When people are kindling a fire they say "May God grant that(continues on next page)
