Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second SeriesBottrell, William
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Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series
Bottrell, William
Cornwall (England : County) -- Social life and customs; Legends -- England -- Cornwall (County)
Marriage usages, ancient, 237, 239
Mayor of Market-jew, a, 83
Merchants of Treen, the, 81
Merlin's prophesies, 130, 147
Mermaid of Zennor, the, 288
Midsummer bonfires, 287
Miners' stories, 187, 191
Miracle-plays, performed at Sancreed, 269
Morvah man, a, shopping, 207
Nelly Wearne, the story of, 38
Nicknames, 198
Night's ride, a, to Scilly, 233
Noy, Mr. William, in a fairy dwelling, 97
Noy, Madam, and the witch, 63
—— family of, 274
Olaf, the first Christian king of Norway, his conversion at Scilly, 275
Parchapel well, 148
Parcurnow, traditions of, 140
Pargwartha, legend of, 149
Parish clerks sixty years ago, 169
Pellars, or wise-men, 76, 191
Penance, doing in Buryan Church, 55
Penberth, a cottage dwelling at, 111
Pendar, Madam, receiving a Queen, 68
——— family of, 72, 95, 119, 223
Pendeen of old, 166, 279
Pengersec, legends of, 251
———— the magician, 264
Penrose, the smugglers of, 212
——— family, 223
Phantom lover, a, takes off his affianced, 152
Piskey, how he left Boslow, 168
——— led, 160
——— threshing, 159
Plan-an-guarre, St. Just, 268
Polkinghorne, Parson, an exorcist, 125
Queen's, a, visit to Baranhuel, 67
Robbers, the, and merchants of Treen, 87
Roskestal, Garrack-zans in, 148, 151
Rosmoddrass, monuments of, 27
Sanctuary men of Buryan, 260
"Sancras," miracle-play at, 269
Scilly, a night's ride to, 233
—— visited by King Olaf, 275
Selena Moor, a fairy dwelling on, 94
Shovel, Admiral Sir Cloudesly, his wreck at Scilly, 231
——— his grave, 233
Slighted damsel, the, of Gwinear, 229
Small-people, see fairies.
Smugglers, 57, 106
———— the, of Penrose, 212
Spinning, 5, 25, 105
Sweethearts' Cove, the, 149
Sun, the, never shines on a person that has sworn way a life, 249
Tarraway, the spinning demon, 16
Tinners' stories, 185
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Tolmen of Constantine, the, 280
Tom Trenoweth's bewitched sow, 61
—— of Chyannor, the tin-streamer, 77
———— gets three pieces of wisdom in lieu of wages, 80
———— his welcome home, 89
Tredrill, the changeling, 201
Treen, a market town, in old times, 78
——— the I'an's house of, 103
——— Dynas, 127
Tregagle bound to Gwenvor, 224
——— the roaring of, 226
Uncle Will Ben's fiddle and sayings, 170
Vellan Dreath, the burning of, 279
Vow, the, of Pendeen, 28, 167
—— spirit of the, 167
Weddings, old fashioned customs at, 237, 239
Wells, holy, 128, 148, 239, 201
Wetherel, Capt., his grave and ghostly ship's-bell, 277
White hare, an injured woman's spirit takes the form of a, 253
Wise-woman, the, of Buryan Church-town, 47
Witches, 12, 59, 63,
65, 75, 139,
255, 265
Zennor man's will, a, 210
——— mermaid of, 288
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Subscribers' Names.
Akerman, H. J., Hanover Square, London.
Astley, Rev. R., Perran.
Bannister, Rev. John., LL.D., St. Day, 2 copies.
Barham, C., M.D., Truro.
Barnicoat, Christopher, St. Levan.
Bate, C. Spence, F.R.S., Plymouth.
Batten, J. Hallet, F.R.G.S., Havitree, Exeter.
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