The Welsh water-horse resembles theKelpie of the Scotch.
By the time the sun was out of sight, the smell of the roasting pig had got down the avenue to the side of the pot, just where the kelpie always got out.
When we reached the place, we heard voices talking, and were satisfied that both the Kelpie and Wandering Willie were there.
I wouldn't have kept that Kelpiein my house half the time.
My only excuse for them is, that I hoped by them to drive the Kelpie away.
If the kelpie heard them, he could not see them, and they took care to get into the cottage before it was dark, for they could not finish their preparations in one day.
Now, the shepherd had a very beautiful daughter--so beautiful that the kelpie wanted very much to eat her.
My father, I heard afterwards, gave five shillings out of his own pocket to every one of the poor people whom the Kelpie had defrauded.
It was after sundown when they reached the picturesque and well-appointed hotel that lifted itself above the little fishing-village which fronted Kelpie Island.
The next morning was bright and sunny, and the boat to Kelpie Island--a large yawl--duly received its complement of passengers and provision hampers.
Oh, but we mean to go only to Kelpie Island, where there is the ruin of an old castle.
The talk returning to ruins, Miss Elsie informed him that they were going to see some on Kelpie Island.
Low banks of cloud lay on the chill sea; the outlines of Kelpie Island were hidden.
A journey to Kelpie Island consisted of a series of consecutive episodes by rail, by coach, and by steamboat.
The situations of the hero and of the Master (whose acquaintance Thackeray never renewed after he lost his hat in the Kelpie Flow) are nearly identical.
At Leith, where they had put in for provisions, he had posted a letter to Mr. Soutar, directing him to have Kelpie brought on to his own town, whence he would fetch her himself.
As he spoke he took Kelpie a little round, keeping out of the way of the factor, who sat trembling with rage on his still excited animal, and sent her at the trench.
He snatched it from his outstretched hand and essayed a second cut at him, which Malcolm rendered powerless by pushing Kelpie close up to him.
Simultaneously, Kelpie stood up on end, and Malcolm tore the weapon from the treacherous hand.
But Malcolm, who, when the factor appeared, had moved aside to keep Kelpie out of mischief, and saw only the second of the two assaults, came forward with a scramble and a bound.
As soon as he got Kelpie a little quieter, Malcolm drew near and returned him his whip.
Dubs's humor, and spread out his arms as if to receive Kelpie to his bosom.
In another instant he would have been killed or maimed for life, and Kelpie loose and scouring the streets of Duff Harbor.
Kelpie shot away with the smooth speed given by strength and skill.
Presently it came, a strong hand sent them rustling through the flags, down dropped the uplifted oars, and with a farewell cheer from a group upon the shore the Kelpie glided out into the stream.
He went down at once to the pool and stood by the kelpie willow.
Sometimes I know that in sleep or dream I have been beside a kelpie pool.
The Lord Nann came to the Kelpie's Pool And stooped to drink the water cool; But he saw the kelpie sitting by, Combing her long locks listlessly.
Sure enough, on looking round, there was the kelpie stan'in in what they ca' a fause ford, just fornent the auld kirk.
We heard just now of the kelpie, and it is the kelpie that Sir Walter quotes.
The kelpie invariably appeared in the form of a young horse; the water-wraith in that of a very tall woman, dressed in green, with a withered meagre countenance, ever distorted by a malignant scowl.
Hae ye ever heard the story o' the kelpie that wons in the Conan?
Vast districts were almost roadless; and deep rivers, the fabled abode of the mischievous kelpie and dreadful water-horse, were bridgeless, and the fords were few and precarious.
From the water rose a kelpie And it clutched at Ilmarinen, By the neck the eagle seized it, And the kelpie's head he twisted.
Patty's kelpie costume was a great success, and the girl never looked prettier than as she stood receiving her guests in the pretty green silk gown, trailing with seaweed and shimmering with silver dust.
Patty smiled at her young stepmother's enthusiasm, and Nan ran away to begin preparations for the kelpie costume.
For my part I don't see anything to hinder my being a kelpie and a pixy both, even if I'm not twins.
As to the others, what's the difference between a kelpieand a pixy?
And some Highland people think so still, and believe they have seen the great kelpie come roaring out of the lake; or Shellycoat, whose skin is all crusted like a rock with shells, sitting beside the sea.
What could that be except the kelpie that lives in Cauldshiels Loch, and is just a muckle big water bull?
The Kelpie riders were stricken sore; They wavered, and wheeled, and rode for the shore.
I stooped to drink of the wholesome spring Under the poplars whispering: Face to my face in that water clear-- The Kelpie rider's jabbering leer!
But noon is warm and the world is still Where the Kelpieriders have their will.
The voice cried, "Soul of the mortal span, Art thou not of the Kelpie clan?
The hue and cry of the Kelpie horde Was growing and grim on that white seaboard.
Thy Kelpie rider shall wake and rue His ruined life in the loss of you.
The Kelpie riders abroad on the sea Caught sound of that call of eerie glee, Over their prairie waste and wan; And the goblin maidens tolled them on.
Having put Kelpie up, and fed and bedded her, Malcolm took his way to the Seaton, full of busily anxious thought.
My lady," he said with intense quiet, "Kelpie and I will be your slaves.
When Malcolm took Kelpie to her stall the night of the arrival of Lady Bellair and her nephew, he was rushed upon by Demon, and nearly prostrated between his immoderate welcome and the startled rearing of the mare.
He was going to add that if she pleased he could wait upon her with Kelpie and show her the country.
This may remind us of the Neck or Kelpie above, p.
Perhaps it was the kelpie who was trying to lure Nial to her arms; or mayhap Nial had seen her, and was putting a rosad upon her.
Ah, was this indeed not the kelpie of the Linn o' Mairg, lying there in wait for her!
You don't look as if ghosts or anything else had been troubling you," said Lady Mildred; "but it is far too stormy for Kelpie this morning.
I am so glad papa managed to teach me to drive quite as a child, though I never had anything like Kelpie to drive before.
A man who saw a Kelpie gave himself up for lost; for he was sure, by hook or crook, to meet his death by drowning.
And there were many more of the Kelpie kingdom, of whom we can hunt up no clews.
The scoffer rails at ancient tales Of lake and stream and river; The wise man owns that in his bones The kelpie makes him shiver.
And shouts with ribald laughter; He does not see in his cheap glee The kelpie trotting after.
Below him, where the rock-walled gorge broadened to meet the ocean, the undulating ground swells leisurely tossed the rockweed and brown kelpie upward, as they swept over the sloping rocks.
They littered his piazza with crabs, starfish, long strips ofkelpie and shells, they had gathered among the rocks and on the beach, and left the few poor toys and rag babies they possessed there.
For a little time he watched the white-crested billows tossing the rockweed and brown kelpiealoft as they swept into the gorge with a solemn roar.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kelpie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: deity; goddess; kelpie; mermaid; naiad; siren
