. Scottish fairy and folk tales. ndeed, most provoking for , you see, there was not another square inchof room left in the town-hall for another person, andtwo people would have to go out to let Peter the road-man and his sister Jessica come in. So they turned me out for one, as being a strangerfrom the country, only asked there in courtesy; andAlexander Jones for the other, because he was sostupid, and said nothing. Thus, you see, 1 never knew what decision themeeting came to, though I am certain it did come tosome, as next morning peoples clothes were stillworn as usual, and button
. Scottish fairy and folk tales. ndeed, most provoking for , you see, there was not another square inchof room left in the town-hall for another person, andtwo people would have to go out to let Peter the road-man and his sister Jessica come in. So they turned me out for one, as being a strangerfrom the country, only asked there in courtesy; andAlexander Jones for the other, because he was sostupid, and said nothing. Thus, you see, 1 never knew what decision themeeting came to, though I am certain it did come tosome, as next morning peoples clothes were stillworn as usual, and buttons were at the same price inthe shops as before. And, though disappointed greatly for my own sake, ALEXANDER JONES. 107 I am still more for yours, my friends, who I must sayhave listened to this long story most patiently. But why was Alexander Jones so stupid as to sitstill in the comer and say nothing ? Oh! hush, hush now! how silly you are! Why,how on earth could he do anything else ? AlexanderJones was the town-clerks TOM FAIRY TALES. THE FAIRIES OF SCOTLAND.^ The Fairies of Scotland are represented as a di-minutive race of beings, of a mixed, or rather du-bious nature, capricious in their dispositions, andmischievous in their resentment. They inhabit theinterior of green hills, chiefly those of a conical form,in Gaelic termed Sighan, on which they lead theirdances by moonlight; impressing upon the surfacethe marks of circles, which sometimes appear yellowand blasted, sometimes of a deep green hue; andwithin which it is dangerous to sleep, or to be foundafter sunset. The removal of those large portions ofturf, which thunder-bolts sometimes scoop out of theground with singular regularity, is also ascribed totheir agency. Cattle, which are suddenly seized withthe cramp, or some similar disorder, are said to beelf-shot, and the approved cure is, to chafe the partsaffected with a blue bonnet, which, it may be readilybelieved, often restores the circulation. The triangu-lar
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