School: Finternagh
- Location:
- Finternagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: C. Ní Bhuachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1004, Page 303
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- Mermaids are seen on the lakeshore. They have the head of a woman and the tail of a fish. A mermaid combs her hair and puts it into locks. A man named Tom Smyth saw one of these on the shores of Lough Ramor, a few years ago.
- Collector
- Susan Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lenanavragh, Co. Cavan
- There is another kind of fairy called the Banshee. She is like a little woman. She comes for some families. There is a Farrelly family about a mile from Cross whom she comes for. She cries around the house when anyone is dead in the(continues on next page)
