School: Bunninadden

Location:
Bunnanaddan, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
John J. Rochford
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    cat will go out. Then I will let the hounds go after her and they will kill her. Tom met him at half past two the hunt was just starting. They started fighting with Tom. The bag fell off his back and the cat jumped out the hounds chased her as far as an old house. There was no one in the house. The cat went into the house the dogs went in after her when they went in there was a woman inside. She turned into a black cat The dogs tore her into pieces. When tom went home and told his mother. She was very glad she said if she knew it was a witch she would never have kept her in the house.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT2412C: (The Cat Asks for Boots)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank Anderson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bunnanaddan, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr James Anderson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bunnanaddan, Co. Sligo