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- 1 2 Henderson, William (1879). Folklore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders (2nd ed.) W. Satchell, Peyton & Co. p. 270.
- 1 2 Briggs, Katharine (1976). An Encyclopedia of Fairies. Pantheon Books. p. 36. ISBN 0394409183.
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