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Cornwall

Then as soon as he gets ashore he makes his way to Cornwall, where the comb is at length snatched from him

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Then as soon as he gets ashore he makes his way to Cornwall, where the comb is at length snatched from him (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter IX: Place-name Stories)

The story, it is almost needless to say, can be traced also in Cornwall and in Brittany'; and not only among the Brj'thonic peoples of those countries, but among the Goidels of Ireland likewise (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

can be traced also in Cornwall and in Brittany (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

Of Cornwall he was earl, he was widely known. Then was the baron Aldolf much the bolder, and heaved high his sword, and let it down swing, and smote Hengest on the hand, so that he let go his good brand. (Layamon's Brut, Layamon's Brut)

The earl proceeded anon into Cornwall;. (Layamon's Brut, Layamon's Brut)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: Then as soon as he gets ashore he makes his way to Cornwall, where the comb is at length snatched from him (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter IX: Place-name Stories)

    "Then as soon as he gets ashore he makes his way to Cornwall, where the comb is at length snatched from him."

  • attestation: The story, it is almost needless to say, can be traced also in Cornwall and in Brittany'; and not only among the Brj'thonic peoples of those countries, but among the Goidels of Ireland likewise (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

    "The story, it is almost needless to say, can be traced also in Cornwall and in Brittany'; and not only among the Brj'thonic peoples of those countries, but among the Goidels of Ireland likewise."

  • attestation: can be traced also in Cornwall and in Brittany (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

    "can be traced also in Cornwall and in Brittany'"

Layamon's Brut

  • attestation: Of Cornwall he was earl, he was widely known. Then was the baron Aldolf much the bolder, and heaved high his sword, and let it down swing, and smote Hengest on the hand, so that he let go his good brand. (Layamon's Brut)

    "of Cornwall he was earl, he was widely known."

  • attestation: The earl proceeded anon into Cornwall;. (Layamon's Brut)

    "The earl proceeded anon into Cornwall;"

Appears in: Beings, Cross-Source Entities, Entities in Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Entities in Layamon's Brut, Celtic Tradition

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