Traditions And Hearthside Stories Of West Cornwall Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall Duffy and the Devil (an old Christmas Play); Celtic Monuments of Boleigh and Rosemodrass; The last Cardews of Boskenna and the story of Nelly Wearne; The Witch of Buryan Church-town; Madam Noy and the Witch; A Queen's visit to Baranhuel; The Small People's Cow (a fairy tale); Tom of Chyannor, the tin-streamer (a West Country droll); The Fairy Dwelling on Selena Moor; The I'an's House of Treen; Castle Treen and its Legends; Traditions of Parcunow; Legends of St. Levan; A Legend of Pargwarra; An' Pee Tregeer's trip to market on Hallan Eve (a fairy tale); An Overseer and a Parish Clerk of St. Just, sixty years ago; The Fairy Master, or Bob o' the Carn; A Tinner's fireside stories. - The Knockers of Ballowal; Old Songs and Nicknames; The Changeling of Brea-Vean (fairy tale); Betty Stoggs' Baby (fairy tale); 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; Tregagle at Gwenvor Cove; West Country Superstitions. - Devil's Money; The Slighted Damsel of Gwinear; The Wreck of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel; A Night's Ride to Scilly; Ancient Bridal Customs; Ancient Rites at Madron Well; The Crick-stone, or Men-an-tol; Charms; The Fairy Tribes; The Pirate Wrecker and the Death-Ship; The sun never shines on those who have sworn away a life; A Legend of Pengersec About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by William Bottrell, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series: Look inside the book: Though the time seemed long and wearisome to Madam, the term for which the devil engaged to serve her drew near its end: yet she was ignorant as ever of his true name, and gave herself but little concern on that account, thinking it might be just as well to go with a devil, who was so very obliging, as to remain with old Squire Lovell; for all the time this Bucca-boo became, as it were, her slave, he was well-behaved and never gave her the least reason to complain of his conduct. ...That's all I have to tell 'e now,' said she, opening her door for Duffy to depart, but going a few steps on the Green she continued, 'It don't cost 'e any pain, no not a bit, to speak kindly to a poor body now any more than before you became Madam Lovell, and as good a lady as the best in Buryan, for you are no ways vain; but if you had ever shown any scornful pride be assured I would never have gone a trotting for 'e, nor do what I intend, to get 'e relieved of your troubles: besides it isn't your fault that you can neither knit nor spin, you never had a kind mammy to teach 'e.

Hardcover reprint of the original 1873 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Bottrell, William. Traditions And Hearthside Stories Of West Cornwall. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Bottrell, William. Traditions And Hearthside Stories Of West Cornwall, . Penzance: Printed For The Author, By W. Cornish, 1873. Subject: Legends, England Cornwall (County)

In the 19th century William Bottrell compiled three volumes of Cornish folklore, legends and historical tales. This is the first book in that series. He tells stories of giants, mermaids, and a Cornish fairies including the spriggan, bucca, and the knackers. He also describes Cornish folk magic, and folklore about witches.

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