School: Scoil na mBráthar, Loch Garman (roll number 16742)

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1. Animal Story - The Cat's Revenge (continued)

   

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   his coach and he met the Protestant boy that pulled out his eyes. He stopped him in the road and asked him how he came to be there. He told him that he happened to be lucky. "Well", he said "you pull out my eyes now and leave me in the same place as I left you". The Catholic boy told him to keep his eyes but the Protestant was not satisfied, so he pulled out his eyes and left him in the same place. The shepherd came along that night and was angry to find another man there. The blind boy asked him could he put him up for the night so he led him to the same shed. He got into the barrel. When at twelve o'clock the cats came roaring down the chimney Miss Humphrey was quite angry and said someone had told the secret and that the King's daughter was cured now. So they said, "let us make a search, there is someone in the house listening". and they found the Protestant boy and ate him to the "brógs".

   

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Furlong

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Wexford, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs Mary Furlong

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   72

   Address

   Wexford, Co. Wexford