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Welsh Folk-Lore

by Elias Owen

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  1. 1Epigraph — Preface
  2. 2The Fairies
  3. 3Names Given to the Fairies
  4. 4Fairy Ladies Marrying Mortals
  5. 5Welsh Legends of Fairy Ladies Marrying Men
  6. 6Men Captured by Fairies
  7. 7Fairy Changelings
  8. 8Fairy Mothers and Human Midwives
  9. 9Fairy Visits to Human Abodes
  10. 10Fairy Money Turned to Dross
  11. 11Fairies Working for Men
  12. 12Fairy Dances
  13. 13Fairy Tricks With Mortals
  14. 14Fairy Illusions
  15. 15Fairy Men Captured
  16. 16Fairies in Markets and Fairs
  17. 17Names of Things Attributed to the Fairies
  18. 18Fairy Knockers, or Coblynau
  19. 19Fairy, or Mythic Animals
  20. 20Stories of Satan, Ghosts, etc.
  21. 21Satan Playing Cards
  22. 22Satan Playing Cards at a Merry Meeting
  23. 23Satan Playing Cards on Rhyd-y-Cae Bridge, Pentrevoelas
  24. 24Satan Snatching a Man Up Into the Air
  25. 25Satan Frightening a Man for Gathering Nuts on Sunday
  26. 26Satan Taking Possession of a Man Who Fished on Sunday
  27. 27Satan Appearing in Many Forms to a Man Who Travelled on Sunday
  28. 28The Evil Spirit Appearing to a Man Who Frequented Alehouses on Sunday
  29. 29Satan Outwitted
  30. 30Satan and Churches
  31. 31Mysterious Removal of Churches
  32. 32Apparitions of the Devil
  33. 33Satan Appearing to a Man Who Was Fetching a Load of Bibles, etc.
  34. 34The Devil Appearing to a Dissenting Minister at Denbigh
  35. 35Satan Seen Lying Right Across a Road
  36. 36The Devil’s Tree by Eglwys Rhos, Near Llandudno
  37. 37Satan Appearing as a Lovely Maiden
  38. 38A Man Carried Away by the Evil One
  39. 39Satan Appearing to a Young Man
  40. 40Satan Appearing to a Collier
  41. 41Ghosts, or Spirits
  42. 42The Gloddaeth Ghost
  43. 43Tymawr Ghost, Bryneglwys
  44. 44Ffrith Farm Ghost
  45. 45Pont-y-Glyn Ghost
  46. 46Ysbryd Ystrad Fawr
  47. 47Ty Felin Ghost, Llanynys
  48. 48Llandegla Spirit
  49. 49Lady Jeffrey’s Spirit
  50. 50Pentrevoelas — Squire Griffith’s Ghost
  51. 51David Salisbury’s Ghost
  52. 52A Ghost Appearing to Point Out Hidden Treasures
  53. 53The Powis Castle Ghost Revealing a Hidden Box to a Woman
  54. 54The Spirit of Llyn-Nâd-y-Forwyn
  55. 55Spirit Laying
  56. 56Cynon’s Ghost
  57. 57Caellwyngrydd Spirit
  58. 58Ghost Raising
  59. 59Witches and Conjurors
  60. 60Llanddona Witches
  61. 61Witches Transforming Themselves Into Cats
  62. 62The Witches’ Revenge on Huw Llwyd
  63. 63A Witch Transformed Into a Hare Injured by One Whom She Tormented
  64. 64A Witch Shot When in the Form of a Hare
  65. 65A Witch in the Form of a Hare in a Churn
  66. 66A Hare Crossing the Road
  67. 67A Witch in the Form of a Hare Hunted by a Black Greyhound
  68. 68Early Reference to Witches Turning Themselves Into Hares
  69. 69Ceridwen and Gwion (Gwiawn) Bach’s Transformation
  70. 70A Man Turned Into a Hare
  71. 71A Man Changed Into a Horse
  72. 72A Witch Who Turned a Blue Dye Into a Red Dye
  73. 73A Pig Witched
  74. 74A Witch Who Was Refused a Goose, and Her Revenge
  75. 75A Witch Refused Butter, and the Consequence
  76. 76A Witch’s Revenge, and Her Discomfiture
  77. 77A Horse Witched
  78. 78Cows and Horses Witched
  79. 79Witches Punished
  80. 80How to Break, or Protect People From, a Witch’s Spell
  81. 81The Way to Find Out Whether a Hag Is a Witch or Not
  82. 82Conjurors
  83. 83Huw Llwyd and His Magical Books
  84. 84The Magician’s Glass
  85. 85A Conjuror’s Punishment of an Innkeeper for His Exorbitant Charges
  86. 86A Conjuror and Robbers
  87. 87The Conjuror and the Cattle
  88. 88Stolen Property Discovered Through Fear of Applying to the Llanbryn…
  89. 89Reclaiming Stolen Property Through Fear of the Conjuror
  90. 90Another Similar Tale
  91. 91A Conjuror’s Collusion Exposed
  92. 92The Conjuror’s Dress
  93. 93Charms
  94. 94Swyno’r ’Ryri (Charming the Shingles)
  95. 95A Charm for the Shingles
  96. 96Toothache Charms
  97. 97Rosemary Charm for Toothache
  98. 98Whooping Cough Charm
  99. 99Charm for Fits
  100. 100Charm for Cocks About to Fight
  101. 101Charm for Asthma — Charms for Warts
  102. 102Charm for Removing a Stye From the Eye
  103. 103Charms for Quinsy — Charming the Wild Wart
  104. 104Charm for Rheumatism — Charm for Removing the Ringworm
  105. 105Cattle Charms
  106. 106Charm Against Foot and Mouth Disease
  107. 107Another Cattle Charm Spell
  108. 108A Charm for Calves
  109. 109A Charm for Stopping Bleeding
  110. 110Charm to Make a Servant Reliable
  111. 111Charms Performed With Snake’s Skin
  112. 112The Charms Performed With Rosemary
  113. 113Charm for Clefyd y Galon, or Heart Disease
  114. 114Clefyd Yr Ede Wlan or Yarn Sickness
  115. 115Rhamanta, or Omen Seeking
  116. 116Coel Ede Wlan, or the Yarn Test
  117. 117Divination With the Twca or Knife
  118. 118The Washing Test
  119. 119Troi Crysau or Clothes Drying Test
  120. 120Hemp Seed Sowing
  121. 121Pullet’s Egg Divination
  122. 122The Candle and Pin Divination
  123. 123To Ascertain the Condition of the Person Whom You Are to Marry
  124. 124The Apple Pip Trial of Lovers
  125. 125Spiritualism
  126. 126A Spirit Leaving and Re-Entering the Body
  127. 127A Spiritualistic Story From Wales
  128. 128A Doctor Called From His Bed by a Voice
  129. 129Another Tale of a Doctor
  130. 130Death Portents — The Corpse Bird, or Deryn Corph
  131. 131A Crowing Hen
  132. 132A Cock Crowing in the Night
  133. 133The Corpse Candle — Canwyll Corph
  134. 134Tale of a Corpse Candle
  135. 135Spectral Funerals, or Drychiolaeth
  136. 136Cyhyraeth — Death Sound
  137. 137Lledrith — Spectre of a Person
  138. 138Tolaeth — Death Rapping or Knocking
  139. 139A Raven’s Croaking
  140. 140The Owl · A Solitary Crow — The Dog’s Howl
  141. 141Missing a Butt — Stopping of a Clock
  142. 142A Goose Flying Over a House · Goose or Hen Laying a Small Egg — Hen…
  143. 143Thirteen at a Table · Heather — Death Watch
  144. 144Music and Bird Singing Heard Before Death
  145. 145Birds and Beasts
  146. 146Birds Singing Before February
  147. 147Birds Flocking in Early Autumn
  148. 148Birds’ Feathers
  149. 149The Cock
  150. 150Cock-fighting
  151. 151The Goose
  152. 152The Crow
  153. 153Crows’ Feathers
  154. 154The Cuckoo. Y Gôg
  155. 155A White Cock
  156. 156Crane
  157. 157Ducks
  158. 158Eagle
  159. 159The Goat Sucker
  160. 160Putting Hens to Sit
  161. 161The Heron
  162. 162Fable of Why the Heron Frequents the Banks of Rivers and Lakes
  163. 163The Jackdaw
  164. 164The Magpie
  165. 165The Owl
  166. 166Peacock — Pigeon
  167. 167The Raven
  168. 168Robin Redbreast
  169. 169The Sea Gull
  170. 170The Swallow
  171. 171The Swan — The Swift
  172. 172Tit Major>, or Sawyer
  173. 173The Wren
  174. 174The Wood Pigeon
  175. 175The Magpie Teaching a Wood Pigeon How to Make a Nest
  176. 176Woodpecker
  177. 177Ass
  178. 178The Bee
  179. 179Buying a Hive of Bees
  180. 180Time of Bee Swarming
  181. 181The Day of Swarming
  182. 182Luck Comes With a Strange Swarm
  183. 183It Is Considered Unlucky for Bees to Fly Away From Their Owner
  184. 184Bees in a Roof
  185. 185Informing Bees of a Death in a Family
  186. 186Putting Bees in Mourning
  187. 187Stolen Bees — A Swarm Entering a House
  188. 188Cat
  189. 189Cows
  190. 190Crickets
  191. 191Hare
  192. 192Haddock
  193. 193Hedgehog
  194. 194Horse
  195. 195Lady-bird
  196. 196Mice
  197. 197Moles
  198. 198Pigs
  199. 199The Snake, Serpent
  200. 200Flying Serpents
  201. 201Snake Rings, or Glain Nadroedd
  202. 202Sheep
  203. 203Spider
  204. 204The Squirrel
  205. 205The Blind Worm, or Slow Worm

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