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XIV DEDICATORY LETTER. ing at its usual rumbling rate towards London, Captain Steadman was aroused by a very uncommon sound in the air, and on looking out of the coach-door, his surprise was increased by the apparition of a little fellow, about two feet high, dressed in a full suit of regimentals, with a gold-laced cocked hat, and a gold-headed cane, striding along the footpath, " and raising such a devil of a sough," that the captain's astonishment knew no bounds. He rubbed his eyes, looked, doubted, and looked again, but there to visible certainty was the little man striding away, swinging his arm, and " swishing his cane," in full force, going at the rate of nine miles an hour, and leaving the coach far behind him. Away he went at this prodigious pace, until he came to a green lane, which led to Holland-house, up which he wisked with the greatest nimbleness. When the coach came opposite to the lane, the little man was nowhere to be seen. "This was related by Captain Steadman at dinner, the very day it occurred, and he continued to affirm his belief in the appearance of the goblin to the day of his death." In Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire, where
DEDICATORY LETTER. XV I have had opportunities of going among the peasantry, and conversing with them, I could extract no other supernatural tales than those respecting witches, and their intercourse with the Evil One; who, according to the traditions of these counties, cannot be so formidable an enemy as he is generally considered, having been more than once vanquished by a drunken blacksmith, whose name varies in different districts, but who was well known, and is perfectly remembered by many credible witnesses in each. Thus, my dear Sir, I have laid before you the result of nearly three years' constant inquiry after the Elves in England* Scotland has had an abundance of Fairy historians, and with what they have written, it is evident that few are better acquainted than yourself. As, however, establishing the connexion which you have pointed out between witchcraft and Fairy superstition (page 140 of this volume) you will, I think, be pleased with the following communication, for which I am indebted to the kindness of Sir Walter Scott. " A rummager of our records," writes Sir Walter, " sent me the other day a most sin-
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FAIRY MONEY, GIVEN TO DAVIDD SHONE'
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OR, THE DOGS OF HELL. 275 One Thoma
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OR, THE DOGS OF HELL. 277 parition.
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THE CORPSE-CANDLE *. {From " A Rela
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STORY OF POLLY SHONE RHYS SHONE. 28
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THE KYHIRRAETH. {From "A Relation o
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THE KYHIRRAETH. 291 parishes, viz.
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ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE IRISH LEGEN
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