Thomas Crofton Croker and Merrows
Thomas Crofton Croker is well known for being the first to collect
Irish folklore. His initial compilation of folktales is entitled Fairy
Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, which appeared in
1923. The book includes stories of changelings, banshees, merrows, and
more. The merrow is a type of water fairy that is allegedly common in
Ireland. Croker uses the traditional description of merrows in his
tales, although he bypasses the negative Irish opinion of them and
focuses only on good aspects. Croker also ties in a common theme of
religion in his stories, playing off of the concept that merrows,
because they are fairies, are not allowed to enter the church. Three
prominent Croker tales are The Lady of Gollerus, The Wonderful Tune,
and The Soul Cages, all of which occur in Ireland and are based on the
idea of the merrow. The last of these stories is rare because it
discusses the less common male merrow.
Female merrows are said to be beautiful and very wealthy, whereas the
males, are depicted as somewhat grotesque. It is no wonder that female
merrows are often linked with human males. This is a concept that is
used in the stories The Lady of Gollerus and The Wonderful Tune.
Croker describes both the female merrows in these stories with similar
descriptions while using similes. In both tales he describes them as
beautiful and young. In The Lady of Gollerus, Croker describes the
hair of the merrow as "a sea-green colour" and with "the salt water
shining on it, appeared, in the morning light, like melted butter upon
cabbage." He also describes the merrow in A Wonderful Tune's hair as
sea green, but he furthers the imagery in detail. Croker goes on to
say that "her teeth were like rows of pearl; her lips for all the
world looked like red coral; and she had an elegant gown, as white as
the foam of the wave, with rows of purple and red sea weeds settled
upon it." In The Soul Cages, which focuses on a male merrow, Croker
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