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School: Gráinleathan (C.) (roll number 15664)

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Garranlahan, Co. Roscommon
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Cáit Ní Uaithne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0247, Page 150

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  1. The Leipreachan or Mermaid (continued)

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    keep to your work, and that is what will bring gold.
    A mermaid is half a woman and half a fish. She has a fish body and a woman's head, and human tail. When a ship is passing, and if she comes up, from the bottom of the sea, and orders them to throw out a person to her, and if they do not, she will stuck her tail against the ship and overturns it. It is believed that she lives under the sum in a lovely palace.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. leprechauns (~1,007)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eilleen Griffin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Griffin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Tullaghan, Co. Roscommon