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... swan all over . The Annals of Ulster , however , record this event as well , but under the year 890. And also for the year AD 1118 : ' Another wonderful tale from Ireland : a mermaid was taken by the fisher- men of the Weir of Lisarglin ...
... swan all over . The Annals of Ulster , however , record this event as well , but under the year 890. And also for the year AD 1118 : ' Another wonderful tale from Ireland : a mermaid was taken by the fisher- men of the Weir of Lisarglin ...
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... Swan in his Speculum Mundi ( 1635 ) . Not finding a passage out again was espied by certain women and their servants as they went to milk their kine in the neigh- bouring pastures , who at the first were afraid of her , but seeing her ...
... Swan in his Speculum Mundi ( 1635 ) . Not finding a passage out again was espied by certain women and their servants as they went to milk their kine in the neigh- bouring pastures , who at the first were afraid of her , but seeing her ...
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... swan - maidens ' who could lay aside their feathers and become hags . These he thought might be the Gorgons and Graeae of Greek myth . He also heard of cannibals , and how falling ' feathers ' ( snow ) hampered sight in those parts ...
... swan - maidens ' who could lay aside their feathers and become hags . These he thought might be the Gorgons and Graeae of Greek myth . He also heard of cannibals , and how falling ' feathers ' ( snow ) hampered sight in those parts ...
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Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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