School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.) (roll number 13631)

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1. The Mermaid and the Princess (continued)

   

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   could he get them back but there was no sign of them.

   In the meantime the prince was brought to the same place as the princess and they were always talking as to how would they get away. There was a little dwarf living in the mermaids castle and they asked him how they could get away out of the castle. He told him that when he would get the mermaid gone away he would tell them. After a while the mermaid went up to the shore looking for people.

   Then he said 'I will turn ye into two bird because she likes birds."

   So he turned them into birds and let them up to the top of the water and he put a little wand under one of their wings and told them that when they would get to the shore to tip themselves with it and get back into a man and a woman again. And they did and when they went home there was

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Desmond Hopkins

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knocklehaugh, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mr John Hopkins

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knocklehaugh, Co. Mayo