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[33] Mrs. Bray, vol. i. p. 174.
[34] “Revue Celtique,” vol. i. p. 231; Keightley, p. 312, citing “The Local Historian's Table-Book,” by M. A. Richardson. Cromek, p. 242; “Y Cymmrodor,” vol. iv. p. 209; “Revue des Trad. Pop.” vol. iii. p. 426; “Revue Celtique,” vol. i. p. 232.
[35] Sébillot, “Contes,” vol. ii. p. 34; “Revue des Trad. Pop.” vol. iii. p. 428; Sébillot, “Litt. Orale,” p. 21; Kennedy, p. 106; Keightley, p. 311; “Y Cymmrodor,” vol. vi. p. 166; Wirt Sikes, p. 87. This story purports to be quoted from Howells, p. 349—an impossible reference, seeing that the volume in question only contains 194 pages. The peculiarities of Mr. Sikes' authorities, however, need very little comment.
[36] “Y Cymmrodor,” vol. vi. p. 194; Hunt, p. 120.
[37] Gerv. Tilb. Dcc. iii. c. 85.
[38] Sébillot, “Contes,” vol. ii. p. 42; “Litt. Orale,” p. 23; “Trad. et Super.” p. 109. But in these cases the operation was performed painlessly enough, for the victims were unaware of their loss until they came to look in the glass. In one of Prof. Rhys' stories the eye is pricked with a green rush; “Y Cymmrodor,” vol. vi. p. 178: Hunt, p. 83. See also Sébillot, “Contes,” vol. i. p. 119.
[39] Keightley, p. 310; “Revue des Trad. Pop.” vol. iii. p. 426; Thorpe, vol. ii. p. 129, quoting Thiele. In another Danish tale given on the same page, the woman's blindness is attributed to her having divulged what she had seen in Fairyland.
[40] Sébillot, “Litt. Orale,” p. 24.
[41] “Choice Notes,” p. 170; Thorpe, vol. iii. p. 8. The latter form of the story seems more usual. See Gredt, pp. 28, 29, where we are plainly told that the hapless mortals are fetched away by the devil.