Giraldus Cambrensis
In another case, however, the spectre was that of an old woman; and I am told that a somewhat similar story is told in connexion with a well in the castle wall in the parish of ILandew, to the north o
In another case, however, the spectre was that of an old woman; and I am told that a somewhat similar story is told in connexion with a well in the castle wall in the parish of ILandew, to the north o (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)
117, as recorded by Giraldus Cambrensis, who relates how Eliodorus, preferring at the age of twelve to play the truant to undergoing a frequent beating by his teacher, fasted two days in hiding in the (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)
Witness Giraldus Cambrensis' story of Eliodorus, in which bread is conspicuous by its absence, the nearest approach to it being something of the consistency of porridge: see p (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: In another case, however, the spectre was that of an old woman; and I am told that a somewhat similar story is told in connexion with a well in the castle wall in the parish of ILandew, to the north o (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)
"In another case, however, the spectre was that of an old woman; and I am told that a somewhat similar story is told in connexion with a well in the castle wall in the parish of ILandew, to the north of this town — Giraldus Cambrensis' parish."
- attestation: 117, as recorded by Giraldus Cambrensis, who relates how Eliodorus, preferring at the age of twelve to play the truant to undergoing a frequent beating by his teacher, fasted two days in hiding in the (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)
"There is, however, one well-known exception, namely, the story of Eliodorus, already mentioned, p. 117, as recorded by Giraldus Cambrensis, who relates how Eliodorus, preferring at the age of twelve to play the truant to undergoing a frequent beating by his teacher, fasted two days in hiding in the hollow of a river bank, and how he was then accosted by two little men who"
- attestation: Witness Giraldus Cambrensis' story of Eliodorus, in which bread is conspicuous by its absence, the nearest approach to it being something of the consistency of porridge: see p (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)
"Witness Giraldus Cambrensis' story of Eliodorus, in which bread is conspicuous by its absence, the nearest approach to it being something of the consistency of porridge: see p. 270 above."