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- 1 2 Briggs, Katharine (1976). An Encyclopedia of Fairies. Pantheon Books. pp. 323–324. ISBN 0394409183.
- ↑ Denham, Michael and Hardy, James (1895). Denham Tracts (Vol. 2). David Nutt for The Folklore Society. p. 42.
- ↑ Henderson, William (1879). Folklore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders (2nd ed.) W. Satchell, Peyton & Co. p. 265.
- ↑ Ramsden, Douglas M. (1947). Teesdale. 11 Grove Street, London: Museum Press Limited. p. 128.
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- ↑ O'Donnell, Elliott (1924). Ghosts, Helpful and Harmful. Richard Clay & Sons. pp. 199–202.
- ↑ Brown, Glen James, 1982- (2018). Ironopolis. Cardigan. ISBN 978-1-912109-14-2. OCLC 1015813513.
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