Note on Mermaids Vengence

"Several versions of the following story have been given me. The general idea of the tale belongs to the north coast; but the fact of mermaidens taking innocents under their charge was common around the Lizard, and in some of the coves near the Land's End."

Hunt 1903

Map - Perranzabluloe
Map - a cove near Land's End
Map - The Lizard