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Labraid Lore

The tree to which the secret was told was a willow; and a famous Irish harper of that day, finding he wanted a new harp, came and cut the makings of a harp from that very tree; but when the harp was g

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The tree to which the secret was told was a willow; and a famous Irish harper of that day, finding he wanted a new harp, came and cut the makings of a harp from that very tree; but when the harp was g (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

Labraid Lore has horse's ears!' As to the barber's complaint (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: The tree to which the secret was told was a willow; and a famous Irish harper of that day, finding he wanted a new harp, came and cut the makings of a harp from that very tree; but when the harp was g (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

    "The tree to which the secret was told was a willow; and a famous Irish harper of that day, finding he wanted a new harp, came and cut the makings of a harp from that very tree; but when the harp was got ready and the harper proceeded to play on it, not a note could he elicit but 'Labraid Lore has horse's ears!'"

  • attestation: Labraid Lore has horse's ears!' As to the barber's complaint (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

    "not a note could he elicit but 'Labraid Lore has horse's ears!' As to the barber's complaint"

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