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School: Fahan (roll number 14479)

Location:
Fahan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 391

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  1. The Mermaid (continued)

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    A mermaid is half a woman and half a fish. She has long hair. A mermaid lives in the sea. She tries to coax boats on to rocks by singing to the sailors.
    People say that a mermaid came into Fahan, and when anyone went to look at her, she jumped into the sea.
    A man once got close to a mermaid and managed to hull her tail off, and he saw that she had two feet.
    Mermaids follow ships. In olden times people cut out the head of a mermaid on ships so that the mermaids would'nt touch her.
    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
    David Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tievebane, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    34
    Address
    Tievebane, Co. Donegal