Fairy Rings - British Goblins CT009

Fairy Rings

British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)

Book 1 Chapter 8

by

Wirt Sikes

Fairy Rings and other fascinating things about Welsh Fairies, including the language of the Tylwyth teg, the Horse in Welsh Folklore, Fairy Cattle, the flying faires of Bedwellty, the fairy sheep at Cae'r Cefn and more about the Prophet Jones and his Works.

Running Order:

• Section 1 0:50
  
  • Fairy Rings 1:16
• Section 2 2:29
  
  • The Prophet Jones and his Works 2:30
• Section 3 5:10
  
  • Fairies and Oak Trees 5:30
• Section 4 7:20
  • The mysterious language of the Tylwyth Teg 7:22
• Section 5 8:35
  • The Horse in Welsh Folklore 8:40
    
  • Equestrian Fairies 9:08
    
• Section 6 10:04
  • Fairy cattle, Sheep, Swine, etc. 10:08
    
  • The flying faires of Bedwellty 11:28
    
• Section 7 12:48
  • The fairy sheepfold at Cae'r Cefn 12:51
    
• Section 8 15:46
  • Another story by the Prophet Jones 15:48

 

Names Used in this Section

All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, are recorded here in the show-notes and we've done our best to get the pronounciations right for you.

• Prophet Jones
• Tylwyth Teg
• Bedwellty
• Cae'r Cefn
• Peterstone-super-Ely
• Edmund Jones 'of the Tranch'
• Monmouthshire
• Ebenezer Chapel, Pontypool
• Aberystruth, Trevecca
• Monmouth
• Newport
• (Thomas) Keightly
• Edward Jones
• Croker
• Sadducees
• William Jenkins
• Trefethin church, in Monmouthshire
• Brenhin-bren
• Thomas William Edmund, of Hafodafel
• Ni chytunant hwy mwy na Bendith eu Mammau (They will no more agree than the fairies)
• Elidurus
• Giraldus
• Llanarmon
• dor dorum
• halgein dorum
• dwr
• halen
• thorum
• dyro i mi
• dyro i mi ddwr
• dyro i mi halen
• Mary Lwyds
• Vale of Neath
• Glamorgan
• Merthyr
• Aberdare
• Teirnyon
• Ychain Banog
• St. Melangell
• Gwraig Annwn
• Cefn Rhychdir
• Rev. Roger Rogers
• Lewis Thomas Jenkin
• Elizabeth David
• Edmund Roger
• Y Weirglodd Fawr Dafolog
• Hafodafel
• Pen-y-Llwyn
• Master Neddy Jones

 

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