Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Volume 1 of 2)

by Sir John Rhys

CHAPTER II

[The Fairies’ Revenge] 75

I.	[Beđgelert and its environs]							75
II.	[The Pennant Valley]							107
III.	[Glasynys’ yarns]							109
IV.	[An apple story]							125
V.	[The Conwy afanc]							130
VI.	[The Berwyn and Aran Fawđwy]							135
VII.	[The hinterland of Aberdovey]							141
VIII.	[Some more Merioneth stories]							146
IX.	[The Children of Rhys Đwfn]							151
X.	[Southey and the Green Isles of the Sea]							169
XI.	[The curse of Pantannas]							173
XII.	[More fairy displeasure]							192

CHAPTER III

[Fairy Ways and Words] 197

I.	[The folklore of Nant Conwy]							197
II.	[Scenes of the Mabinogi of Math]							207
III.	[Celynnog Fawr and Ỻanaelhaearn]							214
IV.	[The blind man’s folklore]							219
V.	[The old saddler’s recollections]							222
VI.	[Traces of Tom Tit Tot]							226
VII.	[March and his horse’s ears]							231
VIII.	[The story of the Marchlyn Mawr]							234
IX.	[The fairy ring of Cae Ỻeidr Dyfrydog]							238
X.	[A Cambrian kelpie]							242
XI.	[Sundry traits of fairy character]							244
XII.	[Ynys Geinon and its fairy treasures]							251
XIII.	[The aged infant]							257
XIV.	[Fairy speech]							269

CHAPTER IV

[Manx Folklore] 284

	The fenodyree or Manx brownie							286
	The sleih beggey or littlepeople							289
	The butches or witches and thehare							293
	Charmers and their methods							296
	Comparisons from the ChannelIslands							301
	Magic and ancient modes ofthought							302
	The efficacy of fire to detect thewitch							304
	Burnt sacrifices							305
	Laa Boaldyn or May-day							308
	Laa Lhunys or the beginning ofharvest							312
	Laa Houney or Hollantide beginningthe year							315
	Sundry prognostications and thetime for them							317

CHAPTER V