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English: Devil's dyke coombe This is the dyke the devil dug in order to drown the good Christian folk of Sussex.
He nearly made it to the sea but a candle flickering in the window of the cottage of a poor, lowly widow woman preparing herself for morning Mass caused him to think dawn was breaking and he abandoned his task.
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