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The males of the clan do not question this, accepting that keldaring is full of secrets ( hiddlins ) they are not expected to understand.

They are warriors, hunters and foragers ; Nac Mac Feegle foraging consists of taking anything that is not nailed down ( if it is nailed down, they will prise it loose and take the nails as well ), up to and including quite large cows if enough foragers can be gathered to do the lifting.

If one were to see a sheep rise off the ground six inches and move backward rapidly, four Feegles are sure to be responsible.

As Nanny Ogg testifies: " Four ; one under each hoof, I seen em do it.

You see a cow standin ' in a field, mindin ' its own business, next minute the grass is rustlin '.

Some little bugger shouts " Hup, hup, hup!

" and the poor beast goes by, voom !, without its legs movin '; backwards, sometimes.

They're stronger than cockroaches.

You step on a pictsie, you best be wearin ' thick soles.