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Knocknagree, Co. Cork
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Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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    out his cows he saw a woman at the meeting of three rivers with a spancel in her hand. When she saw him she ran and left the spancel after her. He picked it up and took it home. His grandmother put it over the fire and forgot till she was making the churn. She found she had double her usual amount of butter. She took the spancel and burned it and had the usual amount of butter after.
    III
    One May morning when a number of people were gathered together on the sands of Rossbeigh they saw a band of mermaids combing their long hair in the water. One of the mermaids had a cloak laid on the sand and a man named O'Shea saw it. He seized it and ran home with it. Then the other mermaids cried and disappeared
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Conchubhair
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doonasleen South, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Pádruig Ó Conchubhair
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Address
    Doonasleen South, Co. Cork