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Pin y Wig

The girl answered that it was to Pin y Wig, ' The Wig Point,' which meant a place to the west of the Nefyn headland: it was there, she said, she played with many children

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The girl answered that it was to Pin y Wig, ' The Wig Point,' which meant a place to the west of the Nefyn headland: it was there, she said, she played with many children (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

'I don't know,' she replied; 'they are very nice children, much nicer than I am.' * I must know whose children they are,' was the reply; and one day the mother went with her little girl to see the chi (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: The girl answered that it was to Pin y Wig, ' The Wig Point,' which meant a place to the west of the Nefyn headland: it was there, she said, she played with many children (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

    "The girl answered that it was to Pin y Wig, ' The Wig Point,' which meant a place to the west of the Nefyn headland: it was there, she said, she played with many children."

  • attestation: 'I don't know,' she replied; 'they are very nice children, much nicer than I am.' * I must know whose children they are,' was the reply; and one day the mother went with her little girl to see the chi (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter III: Fairy Ways and Words)

    "'I don't know,' she replied; 'they are very nice children, much nicer than I am.' * I must know whose children they are,' was the reply; and one day the mother went with her little girl to see the children: it was a distance of about a quarter of a mile to Pin y Wig, and after climbing the slope and walking a little along the top they came in sight of the Pin."