School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 01_037
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- About one hundred years ago a man lived in Aran. He had a cat and he said that it was worth its weight in gold, as it killed all the mice. One day as he was going to buy shoes for his children the cat beckoned to him to come to it. When he came it said, "Do you know that you are losing your character among your neighbours and that is because you are allowing me to go about the country(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kealy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Michael Kealy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Kilcolgan, Co. Galway
