Derwyd

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: Derwyd; but about half a year after the son's marriage, (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "The servant had a suitable place to live in on the farm of ILech y Derwyd; but about half a year after the son's marriage,"

• attestation: The young man of ILech y Derwyd ^ was his father's only son, as well as heir to the farm; so he was very dear to his father and his mother, indeed he was the light of their eyes (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "The young man of ILech y Derwyd ^ was his father's only son, as well as heir to the farm; so he was very dear to his father and his mother, indeed he was the light of their eyes."

• attestation: By-and-by, he went home to ILech y Derwyd expecting to see him, but no one knew anything about him (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "By-and-by, he went home to ILech y Derwyd expecting to see him, but no one knew anything about him."

• attestation: One windy afternoon in the month of October (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "One windy afternoon in the month of October, the family of ILech y Derwyd beheld a tall thin old man, with his beard and hair white as snow, coming towards the house, and they thought he was"

• attestation: The aged man by the fire told him what had been the fate of his old friend, the heir of ILech y Derwyd" (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "The aged man by the fire told him what had been the fate of his old friend, the heir of ILech y Derwyd"."

• attestation: The old man by the fire said that the master of ILech y Derwyd was away from home that day, and he induced his aged visitor to eat some food, but, to the horror of all, the eater fell down dead on the (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "The old man by the fire said that the master of ILech y Derwyd was away from home that day, and he induced his aged visitor to eat some food, but, to the horror of all, the eater fell down dead on the spot ^ There is no record that an inquest was held over him, but the tale relates that the cause of it was, that he ate food after having been so long in the world of the fair family."

• attestation: His old friend insisted on seeing him buried by the side of his ancestors; but the rudeness of the mistress of ILech y Derwyd to her father-in-law brought a curse on the family that clung to it to dis (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "His old friend insisted on seeing him buried by the side of his ancestors; but the rudeness of the mistress of ILech y Derwyd to her father-in-law brought a curse on the family that clung to it to distant generations, and until the place had been sold nine times.'"

• attestation: Derwyd". They talked deliberately of the events of their youth (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "the heir of ILech y Derwyd". They talked deliberately of the events of their youth"