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    one day in due time a baby boy was born to them, and after five or six years they had four children.
    In them old times every one's home was filled with canvas sheets made from flax. In that time they never washed them during the three months of winter. According as they would get soiled they would pack them up in the loft until the Spring. Then they would be washed and put out to bleach.
    When the Spring came he said to the mermaid he would take a few bags of corn to the market to sell
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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
    Bridie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry