School: Lisselton (B.) (roll number 10535)

Location:
Lisselton, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Brún
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 124

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 124

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Lisselton (B.)
  2. XML Page 124
  3. XML “A Story”
  4. XML “A Mermaid”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continued from previous page)
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
  2. About a hundred years ago there was a mermaid sitting on a rock combing her beautiful yellow hair. A man by the name of Thomas Woulfe was walking near and he took her cap home with him. She followed him home for the cap. He laid it upon a loft. She stayed in the house with him for a year. She spoke to no one while she was there but was working away and singing beautiful songs. One day Thomas was
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.