



Produced by Delphine Lettau, Charles Franks and the people at DP







WELSH FAIRY-TALES AND OTHER STORIES

By Anonymous


Collected And Edited By P. H. Emerson


To

Leonard, Sybil, Gladys, And Zoe.




AUTHOR'S NOTE.

These tales were collected by me whilst living in Anglesea during the
winter 1891-2.

With the exception of the French story, they were told me and I took
them down at the time.

Particulars respecting the narratives will be found in the Notes.

In most cases I have done but little "editing", preferring to give the
stories as told.

The old book referred to in the Notes I bought from a country
bookseller, who knew neither its author, title, or date, but I have
since been informed the book is Williams' _Observations on the Snowdon
Mountains_, published in 1802, a book well known to students of Celtic
literature.

P. H. E.

CLARINGBOLD, BROADSTAIRS. _April 1894_.



CONTENTS.

     THE FAIRIES OF CARAGONAN       Welsh
     THE CRAIG-Y-DON BLACKSMITH     Welsh
     OLD GWILYM                     Welsh
     THE BABY-FARMER                Welsh
     THE OLD MAN AND THE FAIRIES    Welsh
     TOMMY PRITCHARD                Welsh
     KADDY'S LUCK                   Welsh
     THE STORY OF GELERT            Welsh
     ORIGIN OF THE WELSH            Welsh
     THE CROWS                      Welsh
     ROBERTS AND THE FAIRIES        Welsh
     THE FAIRY OF THE DELL          Welsh
     ELLEN'S LUCK                   Welsh
     THE FAIRIES' MINT              Welsh
     THE PELLINGS                   Welsh
     THE LONG-LIVED ANCESTORS       Welsh
     THE GIANTESS'S APRON-FULL      Welsh
     A FABLE                        Welsh
     THE STORY OF THE PIG-TROUGH    Irish
     BILLY DUFFY AND THE DEVIL      Irish
     JOHN O' GROATS                 Scotch
     EVA'S LUCK                     Jersey
     THE FISHERMEN OF SHETLAND      Shetland
     THE PASTOR'S NURSE             French
     NOTES





THE FAIRIES OF CARAGONAN.


Once upon a time a lot of fairies lived in Mona.

One day the queen fairy's daughter, who was now fifteen years of age,
told her mother she wished to go out and see the world.

The queen consented, allowing her to go for a day, and to change from a
fairy to a bird, or from a bird to a fairy, as she wished.

When she returned one night she said:

"I've been to a gentleman's house, and as I stood listening, I heard the
gentleman was witched: he was very ill, and crying out with pain."

"Oh, I must look into that," said the queen.

So the next day she went through her process and found that he was
bewitched by an old witch. So the following day she set