Dyfed

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: They were very fond of the mountains of Dyfed; travellers between Lampeter and Cardigan used to see them on the hill of ILanwenog, but by the time they had reached there the fairies would be far away (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "They were very fond of the mountains of Dyfed; travellers between Lampeter and Cardigan used to see them on the hill of ILanwenog, but by the time they had reached there the fairies would be far away on the hills of ILandyssul, and when one had reached the place where one expected to see the family together in tidy array, they would be seen very busily engaged on the tops of Crug y Balog; when one went there they would be on Blaen Pant ar Fi, moving on and on to Bryn Bwa, and, finally, to some place or other in the lower part of Dyfed."

• attestation: sod in Dyfed in order to behold the delectable realm of Rhys Dwfn's Children: see p. 158 above (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "sod in Dyfed in order to behold the delectable realm of Rhys Dwfn's Children: see p. 158 above."

• attestation: But, to pass by that for the present, I may say that Dyfed seems to have been famous for rearing swine; and at the present day one affects to beheve in the neighbouring districts that the chief indust (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter IX: Place-name Stories)

  "But, to pass by that for the present, I may say that Dyfed seems to have been famous for rearing swine; and at the present day one affects to beheve in the neighbouring districts that the chief industryin Dyfed, more especially in South Cardiganshire, consists in the rearing of parsons, carpenters, and pigs."