A picture of the famous mermaid carving on a bench end in the church of St. Zenoria in Zennor on the north coast of Cornwall. shown here with a comb and a mirror. The local legend tells how a mermaid fell in love with one of the young village boys who sang in the church choir. After Evensong one Sunday evening she enticed him down to the sea where they both disappeared!
The mermaid was carved in churches as a warning against temptation. The mermaid of legend entices men to their destruction with her beauty and sweet singing.
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