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FAIRIES, FOLKLORE AND FORTEANA

CH-CH-CHANGES

here were, in times gone by, three different kinds of British shape-changers: the furries, the mischief-makers and the scarers. The furries (so named for their two main characteristics, fur and fury) were four-legged with shaggy coats and had great eyes: their appearance portended death or some other

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