{"id":385,"date":"2015-10-06T14:06:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/prayer-for-raking-the-fire\/"},"modified":"2016-01-25T14:14:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T14:14:35","slug":"prayer-for-raking-the-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/prayer-for-raking-the-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for Raking the Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"t:seinnteoirin1\">Play recording: Prayer for Raking the Fire<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-385-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/prayer-for-raking-the-fire.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/prayer-for-raking-the-fire.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/prayer-for-raking-the-fire.mp3\">https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/00-micil\/me\u00e1in\/prayer-for-raking-the-fire.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"dmeite\">\n<p><span id=\"neasc-nocht-ceilth\" class=\"nmeite\">view \/ hide recording details [+\/-]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"clarMeiteashonrai\" class=\"meiteashonrai\">\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teideal <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Title)<\/span>:<\/span> Prayer for Raking the Fire.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chatal\u00f3ige Ollscoil Washington <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(University of Washington Catalogue Number)<\/span>:<\/span> 840115.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Chnuasach Bh\u00e9aloideas \u00c9ireann <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(National Folklore of Ireland Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Roud <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Roud Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Laws <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Laws Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Uimhir Child <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Child Number)<\/span>:<\/span> none.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Cnuasach <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Collection)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney Collection, University of Washington, Seattle.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Teanga na Cro\u00edmh\u00edre <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Core-Item Language)<\/span>:<\/span> English.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Catag\u00f3ir <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Category)<\/span>:<\/span> lore.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a thug <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Informant)<\/span>:<\/span> Joe Heaney.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Ainm an t\u00e9 a th\u00f3g <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Name of Collector)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">D\u00e1ta an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Date)<\/span>:<\/span> 29\/11\/1983.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Su\u00edomh an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Location)<\/span>:<\/span> University of Washington, United States of America.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Oc\u00e1id an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording Occasion)<\/span>:<\/span> evening class.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">Daoine eile a bh\u00ed i l\u00e1thair <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Others present)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai\">St\u00e1das ch\u00f3ipcheart an taifeadta <span class=\"lipead-meiteashonrai-bearla\">(Recording copyright status)<\/span>:<\/span> unavailable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The following prayer is said by the person raking, or smooring, the fire at bedtime. To ensure that the fire will come back to life in the morning, place a shovelful of ash over the hot coals, and say this:<\/p>\n<p>I rake the fire as Christ saved all<br \/>\nBridget under the foundations<br \/>\nThe Son of Mary in its midst<br \/>\nAnd the three angels most mighty in heaven&#8217;s hall<br \/>\nProtect this house until day shall dawn.<\/p>\n<div class=\"n\u00f3ta\u00ed-bun-leathanaigh\">\n<h2 id=\"t:notai\">Notes<\/h2>\n<p>Here is the text of this prayer in Irish. This version comes from Ceathr\u00fa Thaidhg in north Mayo, which may account for the slight differences in the translation.<\/p>\n<h3>Coigilt na Tine<\/h3>\n<p>Coigl\u00edm an tine seo mar a choigl\u00edonn c\u00e1ch<br \/>\nCr\u00edost i mullach an t\u00ed is Br\u00edd ina l\u00e1r<br \/>\nAn d\u00e1 aingeal d\u00e9ag is treise \u00ed gcathair na ngr\u00e1st<br \/>\nAg cumhdach an t\u00ed is na tine seo<br \/>\nIs a mhuintir a thabhairt sl\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"t:aistriuchan\">Translation<\/h3>\n<p><i class=\"treaslitri\u00fa\">I rake this fire as all do<\/i><br \/>\n<i class=\"treaslitri\u00fa\"> Christ at the top of the house, and Bridget in its midst<\/i><br \/>\n<i class=\"treaslitri\u00fa\"> The twelve strongest angels in the city of graces<\/i><br \/>\n<i class=\"treaslitri\u00fa\"> keeping this house and this fire<\/i><br \/>\n<i class=\"treaslitri\u00fa\"> and its people safe.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seanchas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1596,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions\/1596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}