The Lost Scottish Origin of a Fairy-Tale

The story is titled either "The Woodman and the Elves" or "The Woodman and the Goblins." It tells of a woodman who finds some overly large eggs in an unfamiliar part of his forest. He brings them home, and they hatch, giving forth six goblins or elves (the terms are used interchangeably). The woodman raises them by himself, but they are unruly, save for when he lights a lantern at night, and the