School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)
- Location:
- Mainistir na Búille, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Sr. M. Columbanus
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“The was supposed to be a mermaid living in Lough Key. Long ago she could be seen sitting on a rock on the shore, every day, combing her lovely, long, fair curly hair, but if she saw any human being coming near she would dive into the water again.”
(continued from previous page)living in Lough Key. Long ago she could be seen sitting on a rock on the shore, every day, combing her lovely, long, fair curly hair, but if she saw any human-being coming near she would dive into the water again.
One day when she was combing her hair as usual, she was caught by a fisherman. He brought her home and put he sitting on a chair in the corner of the kitchen. He tried to made her but he did not succeed because she would not say a word for him. The mermaid had lovely, golden, curly and it was hanging loosely down her back. Half of her body was like that of a human, but the half of her body from the waist down, was like that of a fish.
When the fisherman's wife(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Aine O' Keeffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mainistir na Búille, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Mrs K. O' Keeffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mainistir na Búille, Co. Ros Comáin