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Milford Haven

islands are said to have regularly attended the markets at Milford Haven and Laugharne

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islands are said to have regularly attended the markets at Milford Haven and Laugharne (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

There was always one special butcher at Milford Haven upon whom the fairies bestowed their patronage instead of distributing their favours indiscriminately (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

The Milford Haven folk could see the green Fairy Islands distinctly, lying out a short distance from land; and the general belief was that they were densely peopled with fairies (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: islands are said to have regularly attended the markets at Milford Haven and Laugharne (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "islands are said to have regularly attended the markets at Milford Haven and Laugharne."

  • attestation: There was always one special butcher at Milford Haven upon whom the fairies bestowed their patronage instead of distributing their favours indiscriminately (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "There was always one special butcher at Milford Haven upon whom the fairies bestowed their patronage instead of distributing their favours indiscriminately."

  • attestation: The Milford Haven folk could see the green Fairy Islands distinctly, lying out a short distance from land; and the general belief was that they were densely peopled with fairies (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "The Milford Haven folk could see the green Fairy Islands distinctly, lying out a short distance from land; and the general belief was that they were densely peopled with fairies."