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These ancient people, who lived in caves, did not know how to build houses or to plow the ground. They had no idea that they could get their food out of the earth. As for making bread and pies, cookies and goodies, from what grew from the soil, they never heard of such a thing. THESE ANCIENT PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN CAVES DID NOT KNOW HOW TO BUILD HOUSES OR TO PLOUGH THE GROUND THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY COULD GET THEIR FOOD OUT OF THE EARTH AS FOR MAKING BREAD AND PIES COOKIES AND GOOD EASE FROM WHAT GREW FROM THE SOIL THEY NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING
led what her father had told him, he had forgotten that she was a fairy. With this farmer and other Welsh mortals, it had become a habit, when planting a young tree, to throw the last shovelful of earth over the left shoulder. This was for good luck. The farmer was afraid to break such a good custom, as he thought it to be. So merrily he went to work, forgetting everything in his adherence to habit. He became so absorbed in his job, that he did not look where his spadeful went, and it struck his dear wife full in the breast. At that moment, she cried out bitterly, not in pain, but in sorrow. Then she started to run towards the lake. At the shore, she called out, "Good-by, dear, dear husband." Then, leaping into the water, she was never seen again and all his tears and those of the children never brought her back. IX THE TOUCH OF IRON Ages ago, before the Cymry rowed in their coracles across the sea, there was a race of men already in the Land of Honey, as Great Britain was then called.  CHAPTER NINE OF WELSH FAIRY TALES THIS IS A LIBER FOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDING SO IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX D'OR ORG WELSH FAIRY TALES BY WILLIAM ELIOT GRIVIS CHAPTER NINE THE TOUCH OF IRON AGES AGO BEFORE THE CURRY RODE IN THEIR CORACLES ACROSS THE SEA THERE WAS A RACE OF MEN ALREADY IN THE LAND OF HONEY AS GREAT BRITAIN WAS THEN CALLED
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