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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... stone; and the old fat little man lifted it, after tapping the middle of it three times with his walkingstick. There ... stones. "Follow me fearlessly," said the fat man; "no harm will.
... stones near the spot where he had slept. One day, however, he told a friend of his the secret respecting the money, and he never found any more.' (6) 'Another of these shepherds was one day urging his dog at the sheep in Cwmllan, when ...
... stones. I know not what kind of oxen those in question were, but it is related that they were twins; nor do I know why they were called Ychain Mannog or Ychain Bannog. But peradventure they were called Ychain Bannog in reference to ...
... stone lifted itself as he came up from the subterranean road towards it. It was thus the sweetheart arrived there one evening, when the girl was by the fire weeping for him. Siwsi had been out some days before, and she knew all about it ...
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