A Mermaid and a Magic Comb

Cury, Cornwall, England (map)

Dated: 1700 - 1800

Have you ever walked along the beach and wondered where the items washed up by the tide come from? Well, one elderly man in Cornwall, many years ago, found something very strange indeed and it changed his life.

By Diane Earl

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