School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Ruis
- Location:
- Kilrush, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An tSiúr Pól
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- (continued from previous page)interesting stories. The old people remember some gipsies who took three nights to tell a story. All the neighbours gather round to hear them. They sell things made from tin also combs and other small articles like that. They also tell the people's fortune for a certain amount of money. They get this power by selling their souls to the devil.
- A man once caught a mermaid. He saw her combing her hair. So he caught her and took off her shawl. He got married to her and had 6 children. He(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Behan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilrush, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs Mescall
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilrush, Co. Clare