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Menyg Y Tylwyth Teg Or Fairy Gloves
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FAIRY MEN CAPTURED.
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Welsh Folk-lore
The Fox Glove is so called, but in Dr. Owen Pughe's dictionary, under the
head Ellyll, the Fox Glove is called Menyg Ellyllon.
Men Captured By Fairies
Merionethshire Version Of The Fairy Mother And Human Midwife
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Menyg Y Tylwyth Teg Or Fairy Gloves
The Fox Glove is so called, but in Dr. Owen Pughe's dictionary, under the head Ellyll, the Fox Glove is called Menyg Ellyllon. ...
Merionethshire Version Of The Fairy Mother And Human Midwife
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