Contents.
Stories and Traditions of Penwith.
DUFFY AND THE DEVIL.
DUFFY AND THE DEVIL. Part Second.
Celtic Monuments of Boleigh and Rosemodrass.
The last Cardew, of Boskenna, and the 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. A West-Country Droll.
The Fairy Dwelling on Selena Moor. [3]
The I'an's House of Treen.
Castle Treen and its Legends.
Traditions of Parcurno.
Legends of St. Levan.
A Legend of Pargwarra.
An' Pee Tregeer's Trip to Market on Hallan Eve.
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 Ballowal.
How a Morvah Man Bought Clothes for his Wife. [4]
How a Zennor Man Choked Himself, but had his Will in his Pocket. [4] N
The Smugglers of Penrose. Part the First.
Tregagle.
West Country Superstitions. Devil's Money.
A Legend of Pengersec.
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes, and c. Miracle Plays, Christmas Plays, and c. Page 1 . T
Glossary of Local Words.
Index. Ancient Bridal Customs, 237 Coins found at Castle
Subscribers' Names. Akerman, H. J., Hanover Square, London .
Footnotes
ERRATA.
Transcriber's Note
Title: Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series
Author: William Bottrell
Language: English
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TRADITIONS
AND
HEARTHSIDE STORIES
OF
WEST CORNWALL. "Legends that once were told or sung
In many a smoky fireside nook." Longfellow. With Illustrations by Mr. Joseph Blight.
SECOND SERIES. Penzance
PRINTED, FOR THE AUTHOR, BY BEARE AND SON.
1873. (Right of Translation reserved.) |
"Of strange tradition many a mystic trace,
Legend and vision, prophecy and sign."
Scott.
