School: Raharney (C.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. Conway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 284
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- A mermaid lives at the bottom of the sea. Half of her is a fish, and the other half a human being. She has long yellow hair and is supposed to be always combing it, and holding a looking glass in her hand. A mermaid was taken ashore in Ireland a long time ago.
She is supposed to be able to talk. When she is seen from a ship the ship is believed to sink. She brings bad luck to the person that sees her. A woman from Raharney said that she was on a ship and one of the persons on deck said they saw a mermaid. They all went up on deck and they saw her, but though the ship was not sunk she brought bad luck to this(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Grange Beg, Co. Westmeath
