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So they were wont in former times to come to market to Cardigan, and to raise the prices of things terribly

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So they were wont in former times to come to market to Cardigan, and to raise the prices of things terribly (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

formula. In the southern part of my native county of Cardiga (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: So they were wont in former times to come to market to Cardigan, and to raise the prices of things terribly (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "So they were wont in former times to come to market to Cardigan, and to raise the prices of things terribly."

  • attribution: In the southern part of my native county of Cardigan, the phrase in question has been in use within the last thirty years, and the practice which it denotes is still so well known as to be the subject (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)

    "In the southern part of my native county of Cardigan, the phrase in question has been in use within the last thirty years, and the practice which it denotes is still so well known as to be the subject of local stories."

  • attestation: formula. In the southern part of my native county of Cardiga (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)

    "formula. In the southern part of my native county of Cardigan"

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