School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 055
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Allenwood, Robertstown
- XML Page 055
- XML “Story”
- XML “Story”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Transcription guide »
You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - One night as there was a man coming along the Dublin road after selling a load of turf. His name was William Roach. A big cat jumped up into the dray and had great work with the man. The cat stayed with the man for a mile and when leaving he said "My good man when you go home tell Ann (?) Morgan Rattler is dead". The man was in terrible fear until he got home and when he was getting a cup of tea he started to tell his wife Mrs. Margaret Roach what happened.
His own cat jumped up and said "Oh Lord why didn't you tell me when you came in. "Ill be bate for my poor husband's funeral now With that she made a spring out(continues on next page)
