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Dolgettey

She obtained her information from a Dolgettey ostler, formerly engaged at the Ship Hotel, to the effect that on Gwyl Galan, ' the eve of New Year's Day,' a person is seen walking backwards and forward

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She obtained her information from a Dolgettey ostler, formerly engaged at the Ship Hotel, to the effect that on Gwyl Galan, ' the eve of New Year's Day,' a person is seen walking backwards and forward (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

Dolgettey, a dale to be lost (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: She obtained her information from a Dolgettey ostler, formerly engaged at the Ship Hotel, to the effect that on Gwyl Galan, ' the eve of New Year's Day,' a person is seen walking backwards and forward (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

    "She obtained her information from a Dolgettey ostler, formerly engaged at the Ship Hotel, to the effect that on Gwyl Galan, ' the eve of New Year's Day,' a person is seen walking backwards and forwards on the strand of Cynnwch Lake, crying out: —"

  • attestation: Dolgettey, a dale to be lost (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)

    "Dolgettey, a dale to be lost ;"

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