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There a farmer's boy sleeping in the living-room of the house is awakened by the proceedings of two _laumes_, or elves.
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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When the _laumes_ returned the infant was not to be found.
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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The Lithuanian elf, or _laumes_, says: "I am so old, I was already in the world before the Kamschtschen Wood was planted, wherein great trees grew, and _that_ is now laid waste again; but anything so wonderful I have never seen."
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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And in the Lithuanian story we have cited the _laumes_ straightway falls sick and dies. [
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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