School: Naomh Breandán (C.), Blennerville (roll number 16899)

Location:
Blennerville, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhuircheartaigh
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    walls and in those shelves they found old candlesticks of an ancient type with some tallow stuck on them to enable them to act as a candle, they also found remnants of other articles too rusty and old to be recognised. They went along through the tunnel for a distance of twelve feet when the light went out that meant that the air travelled so far, and they had to return otherwise they would be suffocated.
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  2. One day a man from Camp went to the strand for a load of seaweed and the mermaid appeared to him sitting on a rock and was combing her
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. mermaids (~305)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Greaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blennerville, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    82
    Address
    Blennerville, Co. Kerry