CHAPTER X. FAIRY MONEY AND FAIRY GIFTS IN GENERALThe Story of Gitto Bach, or Little Griffith--The Penalty of Blabbing-Legends of the Shepherds of Cwm Llan--The Money Value of Kindness-Ianto Llewellyn and the Tylwyth Teg--The Legend of Hafod Lwyddog-Lessons inculcated by these Superstitions
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'THIS is fairy gold, boy, and 'twill prove so, says the old shepherd in 'Winter's Tale;' sagely adding, 'Up with it, keep it close; home, home, the next way We are lucky, boy, and to be so still, requires nothing but secrecy.' ['Winter's Tale,' Act III., Sc. 3.] Here we have the traditional belief of the Welsh peasantry in a nut-shell. Fairy money is as good as any, so long as its source is kept a profound secret; if the finder relate the particulars of his good fortune, it will vanish. Sometimes-es
