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by Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby


  [1] Haven.

  [2] Holy lake.

  [3] Lowland mists meet each other.

  [4] Wanderer.

  [5] Guarded by Christian rites from evil spirits, who are supposed tohave great licence at Yule.

  [6] Candles used on festive occasions.

  [7] Water bucket which was always required to be full of _clean_ waterat Yule.

  [8] Trolls.

  [9] Plains or pasture-land.

  [10] Bullrushes which trows are supposed to use as aerial horses.

  [11] Fresh-water lake.

  [12] When passing any haunted water people cast therein a stone toappease the troubled spirits.

 

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