If you along the Rudgeway go,
About a mile for aught I know,
There Wayland's cave then you may see,
Surrounded by a group of trees.
They say that in this cave did dwell
A smith that was invisible;
At last he was found out, they say,
He blew up the place and vlod away.
To Devonshire then he did go,
Full of sorrow, grief and woe,Wayland's Smithy: Job Cork
Never to return again;
So here I'll add the shepherd's name -
Job Cork.
Thanks to wysefool for first posting this on the 13th May 2007 - http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/58064/folklore/waylands_smithy.html#comment5329
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