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FOLK TALES AND FAIRY LORE. 221
I will pull the other." He had already sufficient proof
of her strength not to think of calling it in question
now. So they both laid hold of the boat, and with
one long pull drew her up from the water edge to the
green grass. The old woman then vanished; and
Selvach understood that she was the Balieveolan
Maiden.
Sometime after that, because a new dairy-maid had
left boiling -hot whey one evening in the Maiden's
pail, she left the place in disgust, and since then
has never been seen in the neighbourhood.

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Folk tales and fairy lore in Gaelic and English
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DescriptionItems from a collection of 170 volumes relating to Gaelic matters. Mainly philological works in the Celtic and some non-Celtic languages. Some books extensively annotated by Angus Matheson, the first Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University.
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