School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An tSr. Máire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 278
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- (continued from previous page)New Hall saying
Fish without flesh,
Meat without bones,
Is the mermaid's curse
On the plains of Kilour
After this and even up to the present day only small fat cows can live there and only roach can be got in the lake.
Joan McTernan
This tale is commonly told in Ennis.
(ii) This is another tale of the mermaid of New Hall.
One day the mermaid was sitting on a rock near the lake combing her hair when a man named Mr. Downes who was shooting birds came on the scene and shot her and when going in the lake she uttered
- (ii) This is another tale of the mermaid of New Hall.
One day the mermaid was sitting on a rock near the lake combing her hair when a man named Mr. Downes who was shooting birds came on the scene and shot her and when going in the lake she uttered(continues on next page) - Collector
- Vera Keavy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Turnpike Road, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Martin Keavy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Turnpike Road, Co. Clare
