School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)

Location:
Dysart, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Ailpín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 114

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 114

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  1. Once upon a time there was a man living at Dunany and one morning he was walking along the sand and he saw a Mermaid sitting on a rock combing her hair and he crept up behind her and caught her by the tail and brought her home with him, but the tail fell of her, and he hid it under a fur bush.
    She stayed with him for a long time and they got married, but one day as she was gathering sticks she found her tail and she ran to the sea and put on her tail and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. mermaids (~305)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Detta Campbell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathdrumin, Co. Louth