School: Urbal (roll number 13874)
- Location:
- Urbal, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gerald Kelliher
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- The old people used invite the weasels to come about their houses if they were annoyed with rats. It is a well-known fact that they used come.
- Once there was a man "footing" turf on the bank of the river Arigna (borders of Sligo and Leitrim) The wild cats came out of a crevice in the rock. The man had a little boy (his son) with him. On seeing the cats the man took the boy in his arms and ran for home. The cats followed them. He told his wife to leave them a tub of cream inside the door (kitchen) One Pisín came up, lay at the fire and was unwilling to leave. The others kept mewing at the door with their eyes on it (telling it in their own language to come with them) The man told his wife to give the Pisín a bhí in a luighe cois na teine fó-chupán bainne.(Iompuigh led' thoil)(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Francis Earley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Eden, Co. Leitrim