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Full of days, and ripe for the grave, death put an end to all her hopes and all her expectations

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Full of days, and ripe for the grave, death put an end to all her hopes and all her expectations (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

Full of longing as she was for her son before, she was much more so now; and her disgust at the little dwarf who claimed to be her son had very considerably grown, for she was now certain in her mind (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: Full of days, and ripe for the grave, death put an end to all her hopes and all her expectations (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "Full of days, and ripe for the grave, death put an end to all her hopes and all her expectations."

  • attestation: Full of longing as she was for her son before, she was much more so now; and her disgust at the little dwarf who claimed to be her son had very considerably grown, for she was now certain in her mind (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

    "Full of longing as she was for her son before, she was much more so now; and her disgust at the little dwarf who claimed to be her son had very considerably grown, for she was now certain in her mind that he was one of the old breed."

Appears in: Beings, Entities in Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Tradition