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The old woman denied all this, and declared it was only silly gossip of envious people who wanted her money. She lived so comfortably, she averred, because her son, who was a stone mason, who made much money by building chimneys, which had then first come into fashion. THE OLD WOMAN DENIED ALL THIS AND DECLARED IT WAS ONLY SILLY GOSSIP OF ENVIOUS PEOPLE WHO WANTED HER MONEY SHE LIVED SO COMFORTABLY SHE AVERED BECAUSE HER SON WHO WAS A STONE MASON WHO MADE MUCH MONEY BY BUILDING CHIMNEYS WHICH HAD THEN FIRST COME INTO FASHION
e happy pair made their wedding journey to Gwawl's palace at Narberth. There the lovely bride gave a ring, or a gem, to every lord and lady in her new realm, and everybody was happy. XXI WHY THE BACK DOOR WAS FRONT In the days when were no books, or writing, and folk tales were the only ones told, there was an old woman, who had a bad reputation. She pretended to be very poor, so as not to attract or tempt robbers. Yet those who knew her best, knew also, as a subject of common talk, that she was always counting out her coins. Besides this, she lived in a nice house, and it was believed that she made a living by stealing babies out of their cradles to sell to the bad fairies. It was matter of rumor that she would, for an extra large sum, take a wicked fairy's ugly brat, and put it in place of a mother's darling. In addition to these horrid charges against her, it was rumored that she laid a spell, or charm, on the cattle of people whom she did not like, in order to take revenge on them. ABOUR BOX RECORDING ALL LABOUR VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LABOUR VOX DOT ORK RECORDING THE CATHOLINE WELSH FAIRY TALES BY WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFITH WHY THE BACK DOOR WAS FRONT IN THE DAYS WHEN WERE NO BOOKS OR WRITING AND FOLK TALES WERE THE ONLY ONES TOLD THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO HAD A BAD REPUTATION SHE PRETENDED TO BE VERY POOR SO AS NOT TO ATTRACT OR TEMPT ROBBERS YET THOSE WHO KNEW HER BEST KNEW ALSO AS A SUBJECT OF COMMON TALK THAT SHE WAS ALWAYS COUNTING OUT HER COINS BESIDES THIS SHE LIVED IN A NICE HOUSE AND IT WAS BELIEVED THAT SHE MADE A LIVING BY STEALING BABIES OUT OF THEIR CRADLES TO SELL TO THE BAD FAIRIES IT WAS MATTER OF RUMOUR THAT SHE WOULD FOR AN EXTRA LARGE SUM TAKE A WICKED FAIRY'S UGLY BRAT AND PUT IT IN PLACE OF A MOTHER'S DARLING IN ADDITION TO THESE HORRID CHARGES AGAINST HER IT WAS RUMORED THAT SHE LAID A SPELL OR CHARM ON THE CATTLE OF PEOPLE WHOM SHE DID NOT LIKE IN ORDER TO TAKE REVENGE ON THEM
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