School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 301
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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.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. - 301Mullagh lake. Never was there anything more beautiful heard. Every night the people came to hear it but they could never find where it came from. One evening, however, as they were sitting listening to the beautiful music they beheld the most beautiful crowd of girls they ever saw with grand golden hair down to their waists jumping and playing in the water. Their bodies ended in a tail like a fish. The Mermaids jumped into the water when they saw the people.
Philip Daly Murmod, Virginia.
Mrs. Daly Murmod, Virginia. A man from near Mullagh called Thomas Reilly was roaming through the fields one evening he spied(continues on next page)
