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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... Owen, the fisherman, tearing away for the best at their yarns, sometimes a tissue of lies and sometimes truth. The former was funny, and a great wag, up to all kinds of tricks. He made everybody laugh, whereas the latter would preserve ...
... Owen, died long ago, without leaving any of their descendants blessed with as much as the faintest gossamer thread of the storyteller's mantle. The former, if he had been still living, would now be no less than 129 years of age, and the ...
... in a couplet from Goronwy Owen's Cywydd y Cynghorfynt Cael eu rhentary pentan, Affwyr glodo baiffawr glân. Finding the fairies' pay on the hob, With full credit for a clean floor. Thus, whether the fairies came or not to pay a.
... Owen o Gefn y Meusydd yn lled debyg i chwedl mab yr Ystrad gan Glasynys, sefiddo hudo un o ferched y Tylwyth Teg i lawr o Foel Hebog, a'i chipio i mewn i'r ty drwy orthrech; ac wedi hynny efe a'i perswadiodd i ymbriodi agef ar yr un ...
... Owen, yn ei hadrodd yn wahanol. Yr oedd yr hen wreigan hon yn credu yn nilysrwydd y chwedl, oblegid yr oedd hi 'yn cofio rhai o'r teulu, waeth be' ddeudo neb.' Dirwynnai ei hedau yn debyg i hyn:Yn yr amser gyntond o ran hynny pan oedd ...