Nefyn

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: but she soon saw that she would not succeed without appearing in the form in which she now was. After saying that her name was Nefyn (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

  "but she soon saw that she would not succeed without appearing in the form in which she now was. After saying that her name was Nefyn"

• attestation: As in the other versions, she lost the sight of one eye in consequence of her discovering the gentleman fairy thieving; but the fair at which this happened was held in this instance at Nefyn (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "As in the other versions, she lost the sight of one eye in consequence of her discovering the gentleman fairy thieving; but the fair at which this happened was held in this instance at Nefyn."

• attestation: (i) There were at a small harbour belonging to Nefyn some houses in which several families formerly lived; the houses are there still, but nobody lives in them now (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "(i) There were at a small harbour belonging to Nefyn some houses in which several families formerly lived; the houses are there still, but nobody lives in them now."

• attestation: After passing through Nefyn and Pistytt, he came in due time to Bwlch Trwyn Swncwl ^: he writes this name also Bwlch Drws Wncwl, with the suggestion that it ought to be Bwlch Drws Encil, and that the (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

  "After passing through Nefyn and Pistytt, he came in due time to Bwlch Trwyn Swncwl ^: he writes this name also Bwlch Drws Wncwl, with the suggestion that it ought to be Bwlch Drws Encil, and that the place must have been of importance in the wars of the ancient Kymry."