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was swept by a landslide in the adjacent quarry is frequently 

 ascribed as due to the vengeance of the newly released esprit 

 malign e. 



That these beliefs are still held both by rich and poor, 

 educated and uneducated, is another proof of the truth of the 

 words of Fiona Macleod : " The Celtic paganism lies profound 

 and potent still beneath the fugitive drift of Christianity and 

 civilisation, as the deep sea beneath the coming and going of 

 the tides." 



Edith F. Carey. 

 December, 1919. 



