School: Gleann Doire (C.) (roll number 10404)
- Location:
- Glenderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Cáit Bean Uí Gléathabhúir
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- (continued from previous page)So he stole it and took it home and hid it. The mermaid followed him home and she became a beautiful lady as soon as she put her foot on the land.
Shortly afters they got married and had three children. One day she was cleaning a loft over the fire she found her wand wraped in a cloth. She immediately went to the strand and became a mermaid again. She was never seen or heard of in after years.- Collector
- Nora Godley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dromatoor, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Richard Godley
- Gender
- Male