The Shepherd of Myddvai Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892):
The Sprightly Tailor Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892):
A Shepard was done by a like when three beautiful women appeared from the lake. He offered one bread and she did not approve of it.
The next day he came back with a different kind of bread and again she did not approve.
On the third day she finally approved of the bread. She then told him she would be his wife if he could pick her out from her sisters the next day.
They next day came and he was able to identify the right sister. She agreed to be his wife but warned him that three uncalled for blows by him to her and she would leave.
Three very random times did he tap her shoulder and by that she was gone.
A tailor was employed to sew a pair trews but he had to do it by the end of the night and in the church. The tailor knew the church was haunted but was promised a great reward if he did the task. The tailor accepted and went to the church that night to begin sewing. He sat upon a tombstone and began to sew. When the floor began to rumble a human head appeared out of the ground. Yet the tailor kept sewing. Then the neck appeared out and yet the tailor kept sewing. Body part by body part the ghost appeared out of the ground. Frustrated that the tailor kept sewing. Before the ghost could finish getting the last leg out of the ground the tailor finished the trews and took off running out of the church. He ran and he ran and made it safely to the castle. He was indeed rewarded with a large sum of money.
Sewing. Paige DeWolf, 2007. Flickr.
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