School: Calry (roll number 10473)
- Location:
- Colgagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Róisín Mhig Ualghairg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0159, Page 264
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“Moraca Mór and Morca Beag were cousins and lived in the one house.”
(continued from previous page)not to eat the berries next time.
Moraca Mór gave him a better breakfast next morning in case he might be hungry. Moraca Beag started off saying he wouldn't touch the blackberries. But when he was coming home he sat under the same bush. He said he would take one and it was so sweet that he ate them all and came home to Moraca Mór with the empty skillet. Moraca Mór reddened a pointed stick in the fire and punched the two eyes out of Moraca Béag and left him beyond in the old church.
Moraca Beag couldn't see bu the crept under a seat in the old church. About twelve oclock that night he heard a lot of cats enter and he heard a lot of cats say "granny cat, granny cat, tell us a story." The granny cat said she had a great story to tell them about the King's daughter(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Hunt
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Keelogyboy, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs Cullen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Keelogyboy, Co. Sligo