School: Grianán (roll number 13178)
- Location:
- Greenans, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máiréad Bean Uí Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0094, Page 230
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- (continued from previous page)a mermaid is seen sitting on a rock combing her hair. When she has it combed she puts a net in her hair and if anyone gets the mermaid and takes the net from her, as long as they have the net, the mermaid cannot go away.
- The people say that mermaids live in an enchanted home under the lake or sea and are often seen sitting on the rocks combing their hair. Their hair is of a brownish colour and is very long, and they have a body like any human person but they have a tail like a fish. They wear a net on their hair and if a person got that net they could not go under the water. Sometimes if the mermaid sits on a rock near the shore, people come unawares of her and catch her.
I often heard the people of this village tell of a man called Roche who lived in Derryhick which is situated at the eastern end of this parish. In that village there is a small lake which is called Derryhick Lake. One fine morning as he was passing by that lake he saw a beautiful lady sitting on a rock at the edge of the lake and he knew that she was a mermaid(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bridgie Timlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gort, Co. Mayo
