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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... in these words to take care of the children Lest my son should find it cold, Place on him his father's coat Lest the fair one find it cold, Place on her my petticoat. Then she withdrew, and nothing more was heard of her.
... Tylwyth Teg, or the Fair Family; but the people of Arfon have been so familiarized with the particular one I have called the Lake Lady, that, according to one of my informants, they have invented the term Y Dylwythes Deg, or.
... fair family amusing themselves. He turned towards home, but there he found everything changed: his parents were dead, his brothers could not recognize him, and his sweetheart was married to another man. In consequence of such changes he ...
... dad; Os anwydog a fydd can 1, Rho'wch am dani bais ei mam. If my son should feel it cold, Let him wear his father's coat; If the fair one feel the cold, Let her wear my petticoat. 'As years and years rolled on a grandson of Belend's.
... fair family, and he was filled with love for her. Courtship and marriage in due time ensued, but he had to agree to two conditions, namely, that he was neither to know her name nor to strike her with iron. Byandby they had children, and ...