Marchlyn Mawr

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attribution: The tale about to be given relates to a lake called Marchlyn Mawr, or the Great Horse-lake, for there are two lakes called Marchlyn: they lie near one another, between the Fronttwyd, in the parish of (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "The tale about to be given relates to a lake called Marchlyn Mawr, or the Great Horse-lake, for there are two lakes called Marchlyn: they lie near one another, between the Fronttwyd, in the parish of Landegai, and the Elidyr, in the parishes of"

• attestation: iechyd yn ei gyfansoMad ar 0I hynny, a bydai hyd yn nod crybwytt enw y Marchlyn yn ei glywedigaeth yn digon i'w yrru yn wattgof (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "iechyd yn ei gyfansoMad ar 0I hynny, a bydai hyd yn nod crybwytt enw y Marchlyn yn ei glywedigaeth yn digon i'w yrru yn wattgof."

• attestation: ' The Marchlyn Mawr is surrounded by rocks terrible to look at, and tradition rdates how one of the sons of the farmer of Rhiwen, once on a time, when helping a sheep that had fallen among the rocks t (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "' The Marchlyn Mawr is surrounded by rocks terrible to look at, and tradition rdates how one of the sons of the farmer of Rhiwen, once on a time, when helping a sheep that had fallen among the rocks to get away, discovered a tremendous cave there; he entered, and saw that it was full of treasures and arms of great value; but, as it was beginning to grow dark, and as clambering back was a difficult matter even in the light of day, he went home that evening, and next morning with the grey dawn he set out again for the cave, when he found it without much trouble."

• attestation: but no health remained in his constitution after that, and even the mere mention of the Marchlyn in his hearing used to be enough to make him insane (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "but no health remained in his constitution after that, and even the mere mention of the Marchlyn in his hearing used to be enough to make him insane.'"

• attestation: It was in one of the Marchlyn caves that she found refuge for a day and night (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "It was in one of the Marchlyn caves that she found refuge for a day and night."

• comparison: Another kind of tale connected with the Marchlyn Mawr is recorded in the Powys-land Club's Collections, Hist, and Arch., vol (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "Another kind of tale connected with the Marchlyn Mawr is recorded in the Powys-land Club's Collections, Hist, and Arch., vol."

• attestation: In previous chapters sundry allusions have been made to treasure caves besides that of Marchlyn Mawr, which has been given at length on pp (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VIII: Welsh Cave Legends)

  "In previous chapters sundry allusions have been made to treasure caves besides that of Marchlyn Mawr, which has been given at length on pp. 234-7 above."