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Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall
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This is the second of three volumes of William Bottrells' collection of Cornish folklore, legend and local tales. This volume includes several episodic stories, particularly the generational saga of the I'ans. While many of the folk-tales have thematic correlations in other story-telling traditions, all of these stories are localized by Bottrell in the Cornish landscape. This land is a tricky one, abounding with giants, ancient castles, and strange standing stones. The Devil is a real presence in these stories, always ready to take a comic turn if necessary.--J.B. Hare, Jan. 24 2010.
Title Page
Contents
Duffy and the Devil (An Old Christmas Play)
Part FirstPart Second
Celtic Monuments Of Boleigh And Rosemodrass
Boleigh or Boleit
Menheres
Holed Stones, &c
The Last Cardew, of Boskenna, and the Story of Nelly Wearne
Story of Nelly Wearne
The Witch of Burian Church-Town
The Story of Madam Noy
A Modern Sancreed Witch
A Queen's Visit to Baranhual
The Small People's Cow
Tom of Chyannor, the Tin-Streamer
The Fairy Dwelling on Selena Moor
The I’an's House of Treen
IntroductionThe I’ans Quit Treen
Unexpected Visitors
The Proud Pendars
The I’an's Ghosts
Castle Treen and its Legends
The Key of the CastleGiants of Castle Treen
Dan Dynas
The Small People (Fairies)
St. Levan Witches
Traditions of Pacurno
Legends of St. Levan
St. Levan and His SisterJohanna's Garden
The St. Levan Stone
Parchapel Well
A Legend of Pargwarra
An’ Pee Tregeer's Trip to Market on Hallan Eve
Pendeen of Old
An Overseer and a Parish Clerk of St. Just about sixty years ago
The Fairy Master, or Bob o’ the Carn
A Tinner's Fireside Stories
The Knockers of BallowalTom and the Knackers
Old Songs and Nicknames
An Excursion to Chapel Uny Well
IntroductionThe Changeling of Brea Vean
Betty Stogs's Baby
How a Morvah Man Bought Clothes for his Wife
How A Zennor Man Choked Himself, but had his Will in his Pocket
The Smugglers of Penrose
Part the FirstPart the Second
Tregagle
West Country Superstitions
Devil's MoneyThe Slighted Damsel of Gwinear
The Wreck of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel
A Night's Ride to Scilly
Ancient Bridal Customs
Madron Well
The Crick-Stone, or Men-an-tol
Charms
The Fairy Tribes
Mermaids and the Hooper
The Wrecker and the Death Ship
The Sun Never Shines on Those Who Have Sworn Away A Life
A Legend of Pengersec
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes
Miracle Plays, Christmas Plays, &c.The Levelis, of Trewoof
Duffy and the Devil
Pendre and Baranhual
The Danes Landing on the Cornish Coast for Plunder
St. Levan's Path
A Ghostly Ship's-Bell
Brea and Pendeen, in St. Just
The Burning of Vellan-Dreath
The Men-an-tol, Constantine Tolmen
Divination by Rushes and Ivy-Leaves
Recent Ill-Wishing
Midsummer Bonfire
The Mermaid of Zennor
Glossary of Local Words
Index
Subscribers' Names
Errata