School: Gort an Locha (roll number 1414)
- Location:
- Gortalough, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Docraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 491
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- Cáit Ní Chorcoráin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinafad, Co. Sligo
- There was a country woman who had a son away at college. When the son came home he was highly educated, and disliked his mother's vulgar talk. One night when she had finished the story which she was reading she said she was reading, she said ''oh, that was a very good tale''. The son said ''do not say 'tale' say 'narrative'''. The son said ''do not say 'put out' say 'extinguish it'''. Next day they had visitors, and they wanted to put out the cat so the mother said ''take the cat by the narrative(continues on next page)
