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To hunt the deer, or fight the wolves and bears, they fashioned clubs of wood. TO HUNT THE DEER OR TO FIGHT THE WOLVES AND BEARS THEY FASHIONED CLUBS OF WOOD
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. 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. They were not acquainted with the use of fire for melting copper, nor did they know how to get iron out of the ore, to make knives and spears, arrow heads and swords, and armor and helmets. All they could do was to mold clay, so as to make things to cook with and hold milk, or water. When they baked this soft stuff in the fire, they found they had pots, pans and dishes as hard as stone, though these were easily broken. O 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 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 THEY WERE NOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE USE OF FIRE FOR MELTING COPPER NOR DID THEY KNOW HOW TO GET IRON OUT OF THE ORE TO MAKE KNIVES AND SPEARS ARROW HEADS AND SWORDS AND ARMOR AND HELMETS ALL THEY COULD DO WAS TO MOULD CLAY SO AS TO MAKE THINGS TO COOK WITH AND HOLD MILK OR WATER WHEN THEY BAKED THIS SOFT STUFF IN THE FIRE THEY FOUND THEY HAD POTS PANS AND DISHES AS HARD AS STONE THOUGH THESE WERE EASILY BROKEN
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