Welsh Folk Lore

Lady-bird
This pretty spotted little beetle was used formerly i...

The Nanhwynan Version
Once on a time, when a midwife from Nanhwynan had newly...

Menyg Y Tylwyth Teg Or Fairy Gloves
The Fox Glove is so called, but in Dr. Owen Pughe's d...

Putting Bees In Mourning
This is done after a death in a family, and the bees ...

Spirit Laying
It must have been a consolation to those who believed...

David Salisbury's Ghost
I will quote from Bye-Gones, vol. iii., p. 211, an ac...

Satan Taking Possession Of A Man Who Fished On Sunday
The following tale is in its main features still curr...

Charms For Warts
1. Drop a pin into a holy well and your warts will d...

Another Version Of The Gors Goch Legend
When the people of the Gors Goch one evening had gone...

The Magpie Teaching A Wood Pigeon How To Make A Nest
The wood pigeon makes an untidy nest, consisting of a...

Category: FAIRY MONEY TURNEN TO DROSS.

A Cruel Man And A Fairy Dog
The person from whom the following tale was derived was David Roberts, Tycerrig, Clocaenog, near Ruthin. A Fairy dog lost its master and wandered about here and there seeking him. A farmer saw the dog, and took it home with him, ...

Dick The Fiddler And The Fairy Crown-piece
For the following story I am indebted to my friend, Mr Hamer, who records it in his Parochial account of Llanidloes, published in the Montgomeryshire Collections, vol. x., pp. 252-3-4. Mr Hamer states that the tale was related to h...

The Fairies Rewarding A Woman For Taking Care Of Their Dog
Mention has already been made of Fairy Dogs. It would appear that now and again these dogs, just like any other dogs, strayed from home; but the Fairies were fond of their pets, and when lost, sought for them, and rewarded those mo...

Fairy Money Turned To Dross
Fairies' treasure was of uncertain value, and depended for its very existence on Fairy intentions. Often and again, when they had lavishly bestowed money on this or that person, it was discovered to be only leaves or some equally w...