Has anyone ever heard of a haar?

@helensusanswift I used to live in a village where there was a man who specialised in cutting the tails off dogs for some reason. Maybe that's where he learned his trade. Barbaric. When you meet the mermaid, please assure her I'll not cut her tail off, whatever else I do to it. I fancy my chances with a maid who has a tail; no desire for submission. You get up very early; I'm hardly awake. There's a mountain opposite my house which I climb to the top of whenever I fancy hearing Wagner's Ring - in my mind. A bit like Tolkien only with Nazi overtones. Got chased by a bull once while going up there. It could have been doing with something amputated. It's great winter is over. The joys of spring! Enjoy.

@alan20 Winter is over indeed; we have budding trees here and frost in the quiet places; the sea is iron-grey, tipped with creaming white froth as a north-easterly wind slices off the crests.
A maid with a tail could be fun for a man. Except mermaids often have mermen as husbands and they can be unchancy at best. if you do grab a mermaid, best not venture to sea again. Mermen can capsize boats and drag poor seamen down.

@helensusanswift I'll remember your advice. One of my favourite composers, Dvorak, had a thing about sea creatures. Poor Rusalka paid dearly for her love for a mortal; after she'd sung her Ode to the Silvery Moon, things went downhill quickly. In another work, his Water Goblin smashed their baby's skull against a rock after his lover left him to go back to her parents. I remember explaining the story to a girl as I was playing it to her, and being surprised at her reaction : "He did right!". The sea can certainly be cruel and bloody. I'm currently reading this very intense and imaginative dark novel......
We're off to Enniscrone on April 17. Its a very old-fashioned (Victorian) spa seaside resort on the Sligo/Mayo border, near Connemarra. No seals I think, but the possibility of dolphins. Have you heard? We currently have a dolphin couple in NI who swim every day with the Strangford Lough ferry . Is your husband home safely from the sea? Enjoy the Spring.

@SunshineGirl The Guernsey cliffs are great too. A bit dangerous in places as I recall; not the best place to get caught in a haar. I've always preferred St. Peter Port to St. Helier; more quaint. Did you make the boat trip to Sark? Very choppy crossing but well worth it; like going back in time.