[the Hairy-one]. A Manx spirit, similar to the Scotch
“brownie,” and German “kobold.” He is said to be an outlawed fairy, and
the offence was this: He absented himself without leave from
Fairy-court on the great levée-day of the Harvest-moon, being in the
glen of Rushen, dancing with a pretty Manx maid whom he was courting.
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