Celtic

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: whether of the lakes or of the dry land, as the richest lode to be exploited in the mine of Celtic folklore. That work is attempted in the later chapt (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Preface)

  "whether of the lakes or of the dry land, as the richest lode to be exploited in the mine of Celtic folklore. That work is attempted in the later chapters; and the analysis of what may briefly be described as the fairy lore given in the earlier ones carries with it the means of forcing the conviction"

• attestation: In the neo-Celtic tongues, both Welsh and Irish, all things which a man owns, and all things for which he takes credit, are with him or by him; but al (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)

  "In the neo-Celtic tongues, both Welsh and Irish, all things which a man owns, and all things for which he takes credit, are with him or by him; but all things which he cannot help having, whether creditable or discreditable, if they are regarded as coming from without are on him, not with him."

• attestation: This is a far-reaching distinction, of capital importance in Celtic phraseology, and judged by this criterion the name is something from without the m (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)

  "This is a far-reaching distinction, of capital importance in Celtic phraseology, and judged by this criterion the name is something from without the man, something which he cannot take credit to himself for having acquired by his own direct willing or doing."