“The Little White Cat (An Caitin Ban)”

Description

The little white cat finds her kitten "dead in the hay of a manger." The sad mother brings the dead body home. The pretty kitten had never broken anything and had no enemies except mice.

References

1. SHenry H510, p. 17, "The Little White Cat" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. ADDITIONAL: Kathleen Hoagland, editor, One Thousand Years of Irish Poetry (New York, 1947), pp. 228-229, "The Little White Cat (1 text, a translation from the Irish said to be by "Mrs. Costello of Tuam")
3. Roud #13342
4. BI, HHH510