| PREFACE. | | | CORNISH FEASTS AND “FEASTEN” CUSTOMS. | | | LEGENDS OF PARISHES, ETC. | | | | Cornwall Stone. | | | FAIRIES. | | | SUPERSTITIONS: Miners’, Sailors’, Farmers’. | | | CHARMS, Etc. | | | | For Tetters. | | | | Toothache. | | | | For a Strain. | | | | For Ague. | | | | For Wildfire (Erysipelas). | | | CORNISH GAMES. | | | | Pray, pretty Miss. | | | | “Friskee, friskee, I was, and I was.” | | | | “Fool, fool, come to School.” | | | | “Scat” (Cornish for “slap”). | | | | Hole in the Wall. | | | | Malaga, Malaga Raisins (a forfeit game). | | | | She Said, and She Said. | | | | Drop the Handkerchief. | | | | How Many Miles to Babylon? | | | | Rules of Contrary. | | | | | |
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