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School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

Location:
Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 176

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  1. A Mermaid (continued)

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    to Enniscrone. He was walking along the shore when he saw a beautiful young lady sitting on a rock combing her golden hair. This lady was a mermaid. She had a net beside her.
    O'Dowd caught her and brought her home with him. He also brought the net. They lived together very happily for five or six years. They had three children. O'Dowd went out one day to hide the net in a stack of oats. After a few days he went to Ballina. When he was gone one of the little boys told his mother that he saw his father hiding a beautiful thing in a stack of oats.
    The mother went out
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. mermaids (~305)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Flannelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Flannelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo