School: Virginia (B)

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
E. O' Reilly
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    Mullagh lake. Never was there anything more beautiful heard. Every night the people came to hear it but they could never find where it came from. One evening, however, as they were sitting listening to the beautiful music they beheld the most beautiful crowd of girls they ever saw with grand golden hair down to their waists jumping and playing in the water. Their bodies ended in a tail like a fish. The Mermaids jumped into the water when they saw the people.
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    Mullagh lake. Never was there anything more beautiful heard. Every night the people came to hear it but they could never find where it came from. One evening, however, as they were sitting listening to the beautiful music they beheld the most beautiful crowd of girls they ever saw with grand golden hair down to their waists jumping and playing in the water. Their bodies ended in a tail like a fish. The Mermaids jumped into the water when they saw the people.
    Philip Daly Murmod, Virginia.
    Mrs. Daly Murmod, Virginia.
    A man from near Mullagh called Thomas Reilly was roaming through the fields one evening he spied
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Maghera Cross Roads, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    John Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Maghera Cross Roads, Co. Cavan