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All fairies that were accustomed to turn mortals into cheese. Every one of these, who might want to get in, were to be refused admittance. ALL FAIRIES THAT WERE ACCUSTOMED TO TURN MORTALS INTO CHEESE EVERY ONE OF THESE WHO MIGHT WANT TO GET IN WERE TO BE REFUSED ADMITTANCE
o-ed, and others from that Welsh village, called Bryn Mawr, and another from Flint, and another from Yale, and still others from Brimbo and from Co-ed Poeth, had come from places so named and down on the map of Wales, though they were no real Co-ed girls there, that could talk French, or English, or read Latin. In fact, Co-ed simply meant that they were from the woods and lived among the trees; for Co-ed in Welsh means a forest. The fairy police were further instructed not to admit, and, if such were found, to put out the following bad characters, for this was a perfectly respectable meeting. These naughty folks were: The Old Hag of the Mist. The Invisible Hag that moans dolefully in the night. The Tolaeth, a creature never seen, but that groans, sings, saws, or stamps noisily. The Dogs of the Sky. All witches, of every sort and kind. All peddlers of horseshoes, crosses, charms, or amulets. All mortals with brains fuddled by liquor. All who had on shoes which water would not run under. T WAS THAT THE ONE THEY CALLED BETTY THE COET AND OTHERS FROM THAT WELSH VILLAGE CALLED BRIND MAR AND ANOTHER FROM FLINT AND ANOTHER FROM YALE AND STILL OTHERS FROM BRIMBO AND FROM COET POET HAD COME FROM PLACES SO NAMED AND DOWN ON THE MAP OF WALES THOUGH THERE WERE NO REAL COET GIRLS THERE THAT COULD TALK FRENCH OR ENGLISH OR READ LATIN IN FACT COET SIMPLY MEANT THAT THEY WERE FROM THE WOODS AND LIVED AMONG THE TREES FOR COEB IN WELSH MEANS A FOREST THE FAIRY POLICE WERE FURTHER INSTRUCTED NOT TO ADMIT AND IF SUCH WERE FOUND TO PUT OUT THE FOLLOWING BAD CHARACTERS FOR THIS WAS A PERFECTLY RESPECTABLE MEETING THESE NAUGHTY FOLKS WERE THE OLD HAG OF THE MIST THE INVISIBLE HAG THAT MOANS DOLEFULLY IN THE NIGHT THE TOLLIFF A CREATURE NEVER SEEN BUT THAT GROANS SINGS SAWS OR STAMPS NOISILY THE DOGS OF THE SKY ALL WITCHES OF EVERY SORT AND KIND ALL PEDDLERS OF HORSESHOES CROSSES CHARMS OR AMULETS ALL MORTALS WITH BRAINS FUDDLED BY LIQUOR ALL WHO HAD ON SHOES WHICH WATER WOULD NOT RUN UNDER
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