Fairy Pipes
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FAIRY MEN CAPTURED.
Cetyn y Tylwyth Teg, or Fairy Pipes, are small clay pipes, with bowls
that will barely admit the tip of the little finger. They are found in
many places, generally with the stem broken off, though usually the bowl
is perfect.
A short time ago I stayed awhile to talk with some workmen who were
engaged in carting away the remains of a small farm house, once called Y
Bwlch, in the parish of Efenechtyd, Denb
ghshire, and they told me that
they had just found a Fairy Pipe, or, as they called it, Cetyn y Tylwyth
Teg, which they gave me. A similar pipe was also picked up by Lewis
Jones, Brynffynon, on Coed Marchan, in the same parish, when he was
enclosing a part of the mountain allotted to his farm. In March, 1887,
the workmen employed in taking down what were at one time buildings
belonging to a bettermost kind of residence, opposite Llanfwrog Church,
near Ruthin, also discovered one of these wee pipes. Pipes, identical in
shape and size, have been found in all parts of Wales, and they are
always known by the name of Cetyn y Tylwyth Teg, or Fairy Pipes.
In Shropshire they have also been discovered in the Fens, and the late
Rev. Canon Lee, Hanmer, had one in his possession, which had been found
in those parts, and, it was called a Fairy Pipe.