School: Dromad (roll number 16781)
- Location:
- Drumod, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Millicent "Nuabhroinn"
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0214, Page 048
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- Stories are told about mermaids in this district. People say she has a girls head with long hair and a tail like a fish. People say when she sees anyone walking near water at 12 o'Clock at night she pulls them in and turns them into a mermaid, or if a person goes near water on a Whit Sunday the mermaid will pull him in and turn him into a mermaid.
- Collector
- Susan Crowe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumod Beg, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Crowe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumod Beg, Co. Leitrim