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Fairy Men Captured - Gwyddelwern Version

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Elias Owen
Welsh Folk-Lore
Elliot Stock, London
1896
Wales
Fairy Men Captured - Gwyddelwern Version: capturing fairies, human greed, and elusive magic.
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Fairy Men Captured - Gwyddelwern Version

A man went from his house for peat to the stack on the hill. As he intended to carry away only a small quantity for immediate use, he took with him a bag to carry it home. When he got to the hill he saw something running before him, and he gave chase and caught it and bundled it into the bag. He had not proceeded far on his way before he heard a small voice shout somewhere near him, "Neddy, Neddy." And then he heard another small voice in the bag saying, "There is daddy calling me." No sooner did the man hear these words than in a terrible fright he threw the bag down, and ran home as fast as he could.

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