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¶WYRE CARLIN, n.comb. Erron. for gyre carlin s.v. Gyre, n., 3.Kcb. 1901 A. Trotter East Gall. Sk. 370:
Plenty of notes, too, I would have had, in which would have been described minutely the size, shape, and visage of brownie, fairy, water-kelpie, benshie, wyre carlin, and wurricow.
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