School: Oileán Baoi (Dursey) (roll number 13138)

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1. The Biggest Wonder Tade Fionn Ever Saw (continued)

   

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   men from Dursey were going up to the Bull Rock fishing. It was a fine day and somewhere between the Calf Rock and the Cow Rock they saw a piper and he setting down on the water playing. Some of the crew said to return home and others said to keep going - that he was alright. They kept going and nothing happened to them, but Tade Fionn said this was the biggest wonder he ever saw.

   Sean Ó H-Úrdaill,
   Cill Mhichíl

   

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2. Mermaid Outside Tráigín

   

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   One day about fifteen years ago there was a crowd of us east in the shore curing fish. Outside Tráigín in the water we saw a mermaid. From her waist up she was like a woman and from that down she was turned the same as a fishe's tail. She was there a couple of hours and then she dived down and disappeared. Another day Quinlan Murphy saw one to the north side of the island - she was up on a rock combing her

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. mermaids (~305)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán Ó hÚrdaill

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilmichael, Co. Cork