Celtic Folklore Welsh and ManxLibrary of Alexandria, 28. sep. 2020 TOWARDS the close of the seventies I began to collect Welsh folklore. I did so partly because others had set the example elsewhere, and partly in order to see whether Wales could boast of any story-tellers of the kind that delight the readers of Campbell'sPopular Tales of the West Highlands. I soon found what I was not wholly unprepared for, that as a rule I could not get a single story of any length from the mouths of any of my fellow countrymen, but a considerable number of bits of stories. |
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... remember, that if you prove unkind to her at any time, and strike her three times without a cause, she shall return to me, and shall bring all her stock back with her." 'Such was the verbal marriage settlement, to which the young man ...
... remembers "thousands and thousands of people visiting the Lake of the Little Fan on the first Sunday or Monday in ... remember that any of them expected to see the Lady of the Lake.' As to the boiling of the lake I have nothing to say ...
... of the oldest perhaps in the place, has taken down from Mr. Davies' mouth all he could remember, word for word, as follows: Yn perthyn i ffarm Bron y Fedw yr oedd dyn years ago: it was merely to the effect that a ...
... remember my father, as he died when I was young, but my grandfather was remarkable for his delight in tales and legends, and it was his favourite pastime during the winter nights, after getting his short black pipe ready, to relate ...
... remember the tale, it is here given in his own words: Ryw noson lawn lloer ac un o feibion Llwyn On yn Nant y Betws yn myned i garu i Glogwyn y Gwin, efe a welodd y Tylwyth yn ymloddestu a dawnsio ei hochr hi ar weirglodd wrth llan Llyn ...