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But all these fantastic things and creatures, such as foolish people talk about, and with which they frighten children, such as corpse candles, demons and imps, were ruled out and not invited to the fairy meeting. Some other objects, which ignorant folks believed in, were not to be allowed in the company. BUT ALL THESE FANTASTIC THINGS AND CREATURES SUCH AS FOOLISH PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AND WITH WHICH THEY FRIGHTEN CHILDREN SUCH AS CORPSE CANDLES DEMONS AND IMPS WERE RULED OUT AND NOT INVITED TO THE FAIRY MEETING SOME OTHER OBJECTS WHICH IGNORANT FOLKS BELIEVED IN WERE NOT ALLOWED IN THE COMPANY
aving their parties. Now among the Welsh fairies of every sort, size, dress, and behavior, some were good, others were bad, but most of them were only full of fun and mischief. Chief of these was the lively little fellow, Puck, who lived in Cwm Pwcca, that is, Puck Valley, in Breconshire. Now it had been an old custom, which had come down, from the days of the cave men, that when anyone died, the people, friends and relatives sat up all night with the corpse. The custom arose, at first, with the idea of protection against wild beasts and later from insult by enemies. This was called a wake. The watchers wept and wailed at first, and then fell to eating and drinking. Sometimes, they got to be very lively. The young folks even looked on a wake, after the first hour or two, as fine fun. Strong liquor was too plentiful and it often happened that quarrels broke out. When heads were thus fuddled, men saw or thought they saw, many uncanny things, like leather birds, cave eagles, and the like. EY COULD NOT SLEEP WHILE THE FAIRIES WERE HAVING THEIR PARTIES NOW AMONG THE WELSH FAIRIES OF EVERY SORT SIZE DRESS AND BEHAVIOUR WERE SOME GOOD OTHERS WERE BAD BUT MOST OF THEM WERE ONLY FULL OF FUN AND MISCHIEF CHIEF OF THESE WAS A LIVELY LITTLE FELLOW PUCK WHO LIVED IN KUOMPUKAH THAT IS PUCK VALLEY IN BRECKENSHIRE NOW IT HAD BEEN AN OLD CUSTOM WHICH HAD COME DOWN FROM THE DAYS OF CAVE MEN THAT WHEN ANY ONE DIED THE PEOPLE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES SET UP A NIGHT WITH A CORPSE THE CUSTOM AROSE AT FIRST WITH THE IDEA OF PROTECTION AGAINST WILD BEASTS AND LATER FROM INSULT BY ENEMIES THIS WAS CALLED AWAKE THE WATCHERS WEPT AND WAILED AT FIRST THEN FELL TO EATING AND DRINKING SOMETIMES THEY GOT TO BE VERY LIVELY THE YOUNG FOLKS EVEN LOOKED IN ON A WAKE AFTER THE FIRST HOUR OR TWO AS FINE FUN STRONG LIQUOR WAS TOO PLENTIFUL AND IT OFTEN HAPPENED THAT QUARRELS BROKE OUT WHEN THE HEADS WERE THUS FUDDLED MEN SAW OR THOUGHT THEY SAW MANY UNCANNY THINGS LIKE LEATHER BIRDS CAVE EAGLES AND THE LIKE
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