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Name
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The Phynnodderee and the Round Meadow
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Description
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A farmer expressed displeasure with the Phynnodderee for not cutting his grass close enough to the ground. The following year the hairy one let the farmer cut it himself, but followed behind stubbing up the roots so fast that the farmer barely escaped having his legs cut off. For years afterwards no one could be found to mow the meadow until a fearless soldier from one of the garrisons took on the task. He began in the centre and cut outward in a circle, keeping one eye on the scythe and the other watching for the Phynnodderee. He finished unmolested. The field, in the parish of Marown near St Trinian's, is still called yn cheeanee rhunt, the Round Meadow.
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Type
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Legend
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Place Legend
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Source
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Train
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Moore, Folk-lore (1891), Ch. IV
