School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)
- Location:
- Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 011
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- Once upon a time there lived my grandmother and she lived to be a very old age. One night she was sitting all alone in the house and she had an old habit of saying "toorla goorla" when she would hear noise. So she heard a funny noise outside and she said "toorla goorla" and when she said it it was repeated outside and she said it three times and it was still repeated. So she went out and she saw a big black cat at the door. She let it in and when my grandmother would move the cat would growl and my grandmother used to say "toorla goorla" and the cat used to say it too. When my grandmother looked down at her(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Madeline Frances Lee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyclare, Co. Longford
- Informant
- John Wilson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Ballyclare, Co. Longford
