School: Leitirfreag

Location:
Letterfrack, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Míchéal Ó hIfearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0006, Page 008

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0006, Page 008

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  1. Story.
    A man was fishing one day and he caught a mermaid. It is said that if you take the comb from a mermaid she cannot go back to the sea again. The man was named Keane. He took the comb from her, and married her. The man hid the comb in the rafters. One night she set the house on fire, and down fell the comb, she got it, and went away again.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. mermaids (~305)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Noel Heffernan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Malley
    Gender
    Male