Legends Of The West Country Giants. The Giants : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 49 THE GIANTS OF TRECROBBEN AND THE MOUNT Some of the giant race were still to be found in the high countries a few centuries ago, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, but they...
An' Pee Tregeer's Trip To Market On Hallan Eve : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 154 AN' PEE TREGEER'S TRIP TO MARKET ON HALLAN EVE. Faery elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees. Milton. ONE St. Just Feasten Monday, about thirty years...
Mousehole. Part Ii : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 178 MOUSEHOLE "Part II" "Hail Mousehole! birthplace of old Doll Pentreath, The last who jabbered Cornish--so says Daines."-- Peter Pindar's Ode, 22. In a note to the above lines, Peter says:--"A very...
Untitled. Part 02 : * In the 19th century William Bottrell compiled three volumes of Cornish folklore, legends and historical tales. This is the first book in that series. Bottrell tells stories of giants, mermaids, and a gallery of Cornish fairies including the spriggan, bucca, and the knackers, the earth elementals...
The I'an's House Of Treen. Introduction : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 103 THE I'AN'S HOUSE OF TREEN. All within is dark as night; In the windows is no light; And no murmur at the door, So frequent on its hinge before. Come away: no more of mirth Is here, or merry-making...
A Legend Of Pargwarra : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], A LEGEND OF PARGWARRA. My William's love was heaven on earth, Without it earth is hell. Scott. PROCEEDING westward from St. Levan's Well we pass the next inlet, called Parleddan (Wide Cove), and arrive...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. Recent Ill Wishing : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], RECENT ILL-WISHING. PAGE 65. The following case of au ill-wished woman, living in , was told me a few days since by one of her neighbours. In the Autumn of 1870 a pilot, or one of a pilot's grew, that my...
Castle Treen And Its Legends. Dan Dynas : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], DAN DYNAS. Old folks held--and long tradition made it pass for true--that the outer wall of Castle Treen was built by a deaf-and-dumb giant, called Dan Dynas, or, as some say, Den-an-Dynas, assisted by his...
Celtic Monuments Of Boleigh And Rosemodrass : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 27 CELTIC MONUMENTS OF BOLEIGH AND ROSEMODRASS. Dear land of old romance, Legend and mystic dance; Lost towns and temples, and that buried shore Where thy great hero fought his last sad fight, Cromlechs...
Errata. Part 02 : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 299 ERRATA. Page 11, line 21, for "flow" read "flour". -- 33, -- 29, -- "king" read "kind". -- 38, -- 25, -- "sevant" read "servant". -- 41, -- 7, -- "candlelight"-- read "candlelighting". -- 46, -- 23...
The White Witch, Or Charmer Of Zennor. Part First : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 72 THE WHITE WITCH, OR CHARMER OF ZENNOR "Part First" "The Cornish drolls are dead, each one; The fairies from their haunts have gone: There's scarce a witch in all the land, The world has grown so...
The Ghost Layer : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], THE GHOST-LAYER We don't know if An Jenny Hendy's ghost went to rest of its own free will, or whether any divine assisted in binding the troubled spirit to the grave. There need, however, be no difficulty...
The I'an's House Of Treen. The I'ans Quit Treen : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE I'ANS QUIT TREEN. She woke at length, but not as sleepers wake, Rather the dead, for life seem'd something new, A strange sensation which she must partake Perforce, since whatsoever met her view...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. The Levelis : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE LEVELIS, OF TREWOOF. Trewoof (or as it is now called Trove) was formerly the seat of a family of gentlemen bearing that name, who gave for their arms "Arg a chev, sa between 3 black birds (hoops) ppr."...
Untitled : * 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...
Story Of Nelly Wearne : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], Story of Nelly Wearne. This damsel was an illegitimate daughter of the last Cardew of Boskenna, and, (according to a very general custom which prevailed in the West) this love-child was bound a parish...
Legends Of St. Levan. Johanna's Garden : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], JOHANNA'S GARDEN. St. Levan road passed by a small enclosure in Rospeltha, called Johanna's Garden, (at least it retained that name a few years ago when the writer knew it well). One Sunday morning...
The Pellar And Tom Treva's Cows : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], THE PELLAR AND TOM TREVA'S COWS Few who came to the comfortable old inn of the "Lamb and Flag" thought of leaving before night. Witch stories and drolls became the order of the time. Most of these were...
A Tinner's Fireside Stories. Old Songs : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], OLD SONGS AND NICKNAMES. "One would like to know," said I to the old tinner, "whether Tom heard the knackers sing what he believed he did; or if there were any old ryhmes, somewhat similar, that he might...
Sarah Polgrain : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], SARAH POLGRAIN There are many stories connected with the old superstition that when rash lovers make vows to be constant to each other, "living or dead," and one of the pledged dies far away from the other...
Subscribers' Names : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 296 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...
Holed Stones, Andc : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], HOLED STONES, yet the people call them crick stones, and maintain that they were so-called before they were born. Crick stones were used for dragging people through, to cure them of various diseases...
West Country Superstitions. Charms : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], CHARMS. THERE are persons in every parish west of Hayle, and in many east of it, who charm for the cure of various ailments. The members of a family, formerly of Sennen, are believed to possess peculiar...
Sketches In Penzance. The Old Market House : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 150 SKETCHES IN PENZANCE THE OLD MARKET-HOUSE, AND ITS SURROUNDINGS "Dim, dream-like forms! Your shadowy train Around me gathers once again. The same as in life's morning hour, Before my troubled gaze...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. Miracle Plays : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 268 NOTES, ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES, ">MIRACLE PLAYS, CHRISTMAS PLAYS, and that Yorkshire folks are as much attached to ancient customs as are the Cornish, or even more. Mummery, and the acting of such...
Title Page. Part 02 : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], TRADITIONS AND HEARTHSIDE STORIES OF WEST CORNWALL. BY WILLIAM BOTTRELL "Legends that once were told or sung In may a smoky fireside nook." Longfellow. With Illustrations By Mr. Joseph Blight. SECOND...
An Overseer And A Parish Clerk Of St. Just : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], AN OVERSEER AND A PARISH CLERK OF ST. JUST ABOUT SIXTY YEARS AGO. "It was no wonder if persons coming from Penzance to Pendeen of a dark night should miss their way and think themselves piskey-led," said...
Boleigh Or Boleit : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], BOLEIGH OR BOLEIT. Although we never heard of any Household Stories connected with this interesting spot, yet we cannot pass it without some notice of its prehistoric remains. Our antiquaries follow...
Preface : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. iv p. v PREFACE Before the commencement of the present century, the district of West Penwith, to which the legends in this volume for the most part belong, was, from its almost insular position, one...
The I'an's House Of Treen. The Proud Pendars : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 119 THE PROUD PENDARS O it is sad! O it is sad To think of the joys that once I had: To wander lone over land and sea, And know that she waits no more for me. This tress of her fair, soft, chestnut hair...
West Country Superstitions. The Crick Stone : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE CRICK-STONE, OR MEN-AN-TOL. IN a croft belonging to Lanyon farm, and about half a mile north of the town-place, there is a remarkable group of three stones, the centre one of which is called by...
Legends Of The West Country Giants. The Giants. Part 02 : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 47 THE GIANTS OF CARN GALVA Among these rocks and stones, methinks I see More than the heedless impress that belongs To lonely Nature's casual work! They bear A semblance strange of Power intelligent...
Betty Stogs's Baby : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], BETTY STOGS'S BABY. LITTLE more than twenty years ago, there lived in a lonely cot on a moor in Towednack a man and his wife with one child. The woman--from her slatternly habits--was known by the name...
Betty Toddy And Her Gown. A St. Just Droll : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 140 BETTY TODDY AND HER GOWN "A St. Just Droll" "Though motley images you weave, Yet mingle with them something clear; 'Mid much that's false, and may deceive, Let some small sparks of truth appear."...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. St. Levan's Path : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], ST. LEVAN'S PATH. PAGE 146. "Aux lieux o la charrette et le saint ont passs, Le froment pousse encor plus vert et plus press." Brizeux. We find a similar belief to that connected with the path St. Lev...
The Gardens Of Trewoof : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 252 THE GARDENS OF TREWOOF "There sprang the violet, all newe, The fresh pervinkle, rich of hewe, And flowris yellow, white, and rede, Such plente grew there nor in the mede."--Chaucer. On the western...
Duffy And The Devil. Part Second : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 11 DUFFY AND THE DEVIL. "Part Second". Refinement, too, that smoothens all O'er which it in the world hath pass'd, Has been extended in its call, And reach'd the devil, too, at last. That Northern...
West Country Superstitions. Mermaids : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 247 MERMAIDS AND THE HOOPER. WITHIN easy memory many parts of the western coast were said to be frequented by mermaids, particularly Sennen Cove. This place was also resorted to by a remarkable spirit...
A Modern Sancreed Witch : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], A MODERN SANCREED WITCH. Only t'other day a farmer of Sancreed had three or four dairy-cows to let, and a woman who lived near by offered to take them, but as he didn't altogether like this woman he...
West Country Superstitions. A Night's Ride : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], A NIGHT'S RIDE TO SCILLY. No repares en eso, Sancho, que como estas cosas y estas volateras van fuera de los cursos ordinarios, de mil leguas vers y oiras lo que quisieres, y no me aprietes tanto, que me...
Title Page : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. i TRADITIONS AND HEARTHSIDE STORIES OF WEST CORNWALL BY WILLIAM BOTTRELL (AN OLD CELT) "Meantime the village rouses up the fire; While well attested, and as well believ'd, Heard solemn, goes the gobl...
Legends Of St. Levan. Parchapel Well : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], PARCHAPEL WELL. To find the Saint's Well one should take a pathway bearing westward, from a little below the church, and which leads over Roskestal cliff to Pargwarra (we spell all names as the inhabitants...
The Small People's Cow : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 73 THE SMALL PEOPLE'S COW. They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die. I'll wink and couch; no man their works must eye. "Merry Wives of Windsor". THERE is a story connected with the Pendars...
Castle Treen And Its Legends. The Key : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 130 CASTLE TREEN AND ITS LEGENDS. "I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas said to me." Scott. OLD traditions that the heads of Castle Treen, or rather Trereen on which the Log...
The Witch Of Burian Church Town : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 59 THE WITCH OF BURIAN CHURCH-TOWN. These midnight hags, By force of potent spells, of bloody characters, And conjurations, horrible to hear, Call fiends and spectres from the yawning deep, And set...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. The Danes : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE DANES LANDING ON THE CORNISH COAST FOR PLUNDER. PAGES 127-141. Then his cruisings o'er the seas, Westward to the Herbrides, And to Scilly's rocky shore; And the hermit's cavern dismal, Christ's gre...
The I'an's House Of Treen. Unexpected Visitors : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], UNEXPECTED VISITORS. With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave. "Cymbeline". A little above Penberth Cove, and near the Green, there is an ancient...
West Country Superstitions. The Sun Never : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE SUN NEVER SHINES ON THOSE WHO HAVE "SWORN AWAY A LIFE." ONE frequently hears, in remote country places, the reproachful sayings of, "The sun wont shine on thee," or, "the sun don't shine on thee." This...
An Excursion To Chapel Uny Well. The Changeling : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE CHANGELING OF BREA VEAN, A hundred years or more ago--one afternoon in harvest time--a woman called Jenny Trayer, who lived in Brea Vean (a little out-of-the-way place at the foot of Chapel Carn Brea)...
Sketches In Penzance. The Self Taught Architect : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], THE SELF-TAUGHT ARCHITECT OF THE LAND'S-END The only structure we have in the town that is anything like an example of this ornate style, is the front of the "Star" hotel. This pleasing facade is some...
The Smugglers Of Penrose. Part The First : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 212 THE SMUGGLERS OF PENROSE. "PART THE FIRST". In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With good old folkes; and let them tell thee tales Of woful ages, long ago betid. King Richard II. WH...
The White Witch, Or Charmer Of Zennor. Part Second : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 90 THE WHITE WITCH, OR CHARMER OF ZENNOR "Part Second" "I think I'd like to be a witch, To sail upon the sea, In a tub or sieve, in storm or shine, 'Mid wild waves flashing free. I'd catch the billows...
The Old Wandering Droll Teller Of The Lizard : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 63 THE OLD WANDERING DROLL-TELLER OF THE LIZARD, AND HIS STORY OF THE MERMAID AND THE MAN OF CURY ("Given as an example of the manner in which old Cornish Drolls were constructed, on some simple...
Newlyn. Newlyn. Our Jan's Brath : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], NEWLYN; OUR JAN'S BRATH; AND THE PARTICULAR LODGER "Who shall tellen a tale after a man, He mote rehearse as nye as ever he can; Or else he mote tellen his tale untrue, Or feine things, or find words new...
Menheres : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], MENHERES. The most striking objects seen after passing through the hamlet are two large long stones or pillars of granite, sometimes called the pipers, but formerly known as the hurlers, which st...
A Tinner's Fireside Stories. Tom And The Knackers : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], TOM AND THE KNACKERS. "Do let's have the droll, Uncle Bill," said I, and he related as follows,-- From the time Tom was old enow to handle a pick and showl he had lived in Trecroben, and worked in Wheal...
Sketches In Penzance. Parson Spry And His : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 159 PARSON SPRY, THE CURATE OF SENNEN as you appear to know a great deal about everything, be pleased to explain to me the difference between a major and a minor canon? Pho! pho!" replied Mr. Spry...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. Divination : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], DIVINATION BY RUSHES AND IVY-LEAVES. PAGE 217. Many persons, who were anxious to know their future fate with regard to love and marriage, or for mere fun, were in the habit of assembling, on twelfth night...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. A Ghostly : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], A GHOSTLY SHIP'S-BELL. In the southern side of St. Levan Churchyard there is a low altar-tomb on the grave of Captain Wetherel, whose ship sprung a-leak and sunk, and who was drowned near the Rundle Stone...
Legends Of St. Levan. St. Levan And His Sister : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], LEGENDS OF ST. LEVAN. They had their lodges in the wilderness, Or built them cells beside the shadowy sea, And there they dwelt with angels, like a dream! Rev. R. S. Hawker. ST. LEVAN AND HIS SISTER...
Sketches In Penzance. Cornish Pulpit Retorts : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], CORNISH PULPIT RETORTS, FORTY YEARS AGO Mr. Spry left the west country for Botusleming, where he displayed his harmless eccentricities by boating on the Tamar, dressed in all sorts of unclerical fancy...
Castle Treen And Its Legends. Giants Of Castle : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], GIANTS OF CASTLE TREEN. The earliest inhabitants of this stronghold were giants who protected the neighbouring people in return for cattle and other necessaries with which the last-named provided their...
Nancy Trenoweth, The Fair Daughter. Part 03 : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 193 NANCY TRENOWETH, THE FAIR DAUGHTER OF THE MILLER OF ALSIA "Part II" "My bosom struggles To him--oh! where? Ah, might I but clasp him And fold him there! And might I but kiss him, As in wish I may...
A Tinner's Fireside Stories. The Knockers : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], A TINNER'S FIRESIDE STORIES. THE KNOCKERS OF BALLOWAL. Blest be that spot, where cheerful guests retire, To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire. Goldsmith. A FEW years ago, in talking with...
How A Zennor Man Choked Himself, But Had : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], HOW A ZENNOR MAN CHOKED HIMSELF, BUT HAD HIS WILL IN HIS POCKET. NOT long ago a high-country farmer, after having finished his marketing, in Penzance, treated himself to a supper at a cook-shop...
The Ghost Of Stythians : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 125 THE GHOST OF STYTHIANS ("The story is true in its main incidents, though the names, for obvious reasons are fictitious".) "Aghast he eyes The upland ridge, and every mountain round, But not one...
West Country Superstitions. Devil's Money : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 227 WEST COUNTRY SUPERSTITIONS. DEVIL'S MONEY. There needs no other charm nor conjurer, To raise infernal spirits up, but fear. Butler. NOT long ago it was believed Old Nick frequently appeared...
Annual Visit Of The West Country Folks : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 115 ANNUAL VISIT OF THE WEST-COUNTRY FOLKS TO THE PELLAR OF HELSTON, TO HAVE THEIR PROTECTION RENEWED Though Mathy lived many miles from Margaret's new dwelling, he often came to visit her that he might...
Legends Of St. Levan. The St. Levan Stone : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE ST. LEVAN STONE. In St. Levan Churchyard is a cloven rock called St. Levan's stone. For some reason, now unknown, this must have been a venerated object when the church was built, or it would have been...
Trewoof And The Old Mansion Of The Levelis : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 236 TREWOOF AND THE OLD MANSION OF THE LEVELIS "When taste and genius both combine To shape the stone or draw the line; In fair proportion, just and free, All own the power of Masonry."--Old Masonic...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. Brea And Pendeen : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], BREA AND PENDEEN, IN ST. JUST. PAGES 42, 166, AND 200. "Brea, at present, retains no traces of its former consequence, which may be assumed from its chapel, noticed in a former page. The family of Bray...
The Haunted Chamber And The Maltsman : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 249 THE HAUNTED CHAMBER AND THE MALTSMAN Besides the upper rooms, noticed as being the most remarkable of those in the best part of the mansion, there was a noted haunted chamber in the outer end...
The Story Of Madam Noy : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 63 THE STORY OF MADAM NOY. After Betty had gained her ends with Tom Trenoweth, nobody ventured to deny her anything she coveted except Madam Noy, of Pendre. From the little known of this lady, she seems...
The Smugglers Of Penrose. Part The Second : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], "PART THE SECOND". Blood, though it sleeps a time, yet never dies; The gods on murd'rers fix revengeful eyes. Chapman. After the old steward had retired from the dreaded room, its occupant was in no haste...
The White Witch, Or Charmer Of Zenn : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], THE SAILOR'S HISTORY "He was one of an ancient family that came from Normandy and settled in Sennen soon after the Conquest. They held their lands, 'tis said, as a gift from the Conqueror. The two oldest...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. Midsummer Bonfire : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], MIDSUMMER BONFIRES. Our bonfires, torches, and tar-barrels, with the peculiar hand-in-hand dance around the blazing piles, remind us of ancient times when similar customs were regarded as sacred rites by...
The Last Cardew, Of Boskenna, And The Story : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 36 THE LAST CARDEW, OF BOSKENNA, AND THE STORY OF NELLY WEARNE. No ditch is so deep, no wall is so high, If two love each other, they'll meet by and bye; No storm is so wild, and no night is so black...
West Country Superstitions. The Slighted : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE SLIGHTED DAMSEL OF GWINEAR. Trust me no tortures that the poets feign Can match the fierce, th' unutterable pain He feels who, day and night, devoid of rest, Carries his own accuser in his breast...
Nancy Trenoweth, The Fair Daughter. Part 02 : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], NANCY TRENOWETH, THE FAIR DAUGHTER OF THE MILLER OF ALSIA "Sequel" "'Fire on, fire on,' says Captain Ward, 'I value you not a pin; If you are brass on the outside, I am good steel within. 'Go home, go home...
The I'an's House Of Treen. The I'an's Ghosts : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 122 THE I'AN'S GHOSTS. We have no title-deeds to house or lands, Owners and occupants of earlier dates From graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands, And hold in mortmain still their old estates...
West Country Superstitions. Ancient Bridal Customs : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 237 ANCIENT BRIDAL CUSTOMS. With the past and with the present, Quaint old manners still are link'd; Olden customs, grave and pleasant, Ling'ring still, though nigh extinct. C. T. C. SOME West Country...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. The Men : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE MEN-AN-TOL, CONSTANTINE TOLMEN, &C. PAGE 242. "D'un pass sans mmoire incertaines reliques, Mystres d'un vieux monde en mystres crits." Lamartine. Mr. L. T. Blight, F.S.A., gives the following graphic...
Bosava. The Demon Mason. And Lenine The Cobbler : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 228 BOSAVA: THE DEMON MASON; AND LENINE THE COBBLER "No sect in the world can with Masons compare, So ancient, so noble the badge which they wear, That all other orders, however esteem'd, Inferi...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. Duffy And The Devil : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], DUFFY AND THE DEVIL. PAGE 3. An old droll teller of Sancreed, called Billy Foss, used to relate a story very similar to that of the guise-dance; he made no mention, however, in his droll, of any family...
Sketches In Penzance. The Ghosts Of Chapel : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], THE GHOSTS OF CHAPEL-STREET AND ST. MARY'S CHAPEL-YARD Little more than fifty years ago, the building in Chapel-street, which now serves as a dispensary, with the adjoining house at the entrance...
Tregagle : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 224 TREGAGLE. In Cornwaile's fair land, bye the poole on the moore, Tregeagle the wicked did dwell. He once was a shepherde, contented and poore, But growing ambytious, and wishing for more, Sad fortune...
The Piskey Led Commercial Traveller's Ride : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 52 THE PISKEY-LED COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER'S RIDE OVER THE HILLS, ">Sterne. "How low soever the matter, I trust in God for high words."--"Love's Labour Lost". Not so very long ago, a traveller was staying...
Newlyn. A Legend Of Tolcarn : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], A LEGEND OF TOLCARN The farm of Tolcarn, near Newlyn, derives its name from a remarkable group of trap-rock, a little above and in the rear of St. Peter's church. On the surface of this rock, near the top...
The Fairy Dwelling On Selena Moor : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 94 THE FAIRY DWELLING ON SELENA MOOR. * "Merry elves, their morrice pacing, To arial minstrelsy, Emerald rings on brown heath tracing, Trip it deft and merrily." Scott. WHEN the ancient family of Noy...
Pendeen Of Old : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], PENDEEN OF OLD. Capt. Peter, having taken a pull from the pewter pot, continued with--"Believe me, comrades, Pendeen didn't then look wisht at feasten tides nor at any other time, when one saw, (and smelt...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. Pendre : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], PENDRE AND BARANHUAL. PAGES 63, 73, AND 94. This place gave name to the family of Pendrea, or Pender. Hals says, "John Pendrea, the last of his tribe, temps. Henry VI, having only two daughters, th...
Mousehole. Part I : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], MOUSEHOLE "Part I" "Hail! favourite Mousehole, once the pride of Paul, Ere haughty Dons did meditate its fall; Iberia's sons--a vile inglorious host, Intent on pillage--landed on our coast; These foreign...
Castle Treen And Its Legends. St. Levan Witches : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], ST. LEVAN WITCHES. In days of yore ugly old hags that sold themselves to Satan merely to have their "spite out" on their neighbours, or to ride on a broomstick and play pranks but little known except among...
A Queen's Visit To Baranhual : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 67 A QUEEN'S VISIT TO BARANHUAL. At all feasts where ale was strongest, Sat this gracious Queen the longest, First to come and last to go. Longfellow, "slightly altered". THERE is a tradition,--that h...
Traditions Of Pacurno : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 140 TRADITIONS OF PACURNO. A ghostly ship, with a ghostly crew, In tempests she appears; And before the gale, or against the gale, She sails without a rag of sail; Without a helmsman steers. Longfellow...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. The Burning : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE BURNING OF VELLAN-DREATH. PAGE 215. It is said that in Queen Elizabeth's reign the Spaniards did much mischief by pillaging defenceless places on the western shores. About the time they burnt Moushal...
Legends Of The West Country Giants. The Giant : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], THE GIANT BOLSTER, OF SAINT ANN'S Only a few giants' steps from Portreath there dwelt in Saint Ann's another huge giant called Bolster, who made nothing of striding from the beacon to Carn Brea--a distance...
Nancy Trenoweth, The Fair Daughter : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 185 NANCY TRENOWETH, THE FAIR DAUGHTER OF THE MILLER OF ALSIA "Part I" "The story hath travelled far and wide, But with outline broken, and tarnished hue; Not in such case should it journey with you...
The Dwelling Of Chenance. The Dwelling : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 215 THE DWELLING OF CHENANCE "Part II" "Our nurse, our dear old faithful Joan, What pleasant tales she told,-- Adventures that herself had known, Or legends quaint and old; Unceasing marvel each...
West Country Superstitions. Madron Well : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], MADRON WELL. ON passing over a stile and entering the moor in which the well is situated, cross the moor at a right-angle to the hedger and a minute's walk will bring one to the noted spring, which is not...
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes. The Mermaid : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE MERMAID OF ZENNOR. Zennor folks tell the following story, which, according to them, accounts for a singular carving on a bench-end in their Church. Hundreds of years ago a very beautiful and richly...
Glossary Of Local Words : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 290 p. 291 GLOSSARY OF LOCAL WORDS A or AH, he or it, e.g. a es, it is. AFTER-WINDING, waste corn. AN', aunt, an expression of regard applied to aged women. ARREAR; (Maria P) an exclamation of angry...
Duffy And The Devil. Part First : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 1 STORIES AND TRADITIONS OF PENWITH. DUFFY AND THE DEVIL. AN OLD CHRISTMAS PLAY. "Part First". Open your doors, and let me in, I hope your favours I shall win; Whether I rise, or whether I fall, I'll do...
Tom Of Chyannor, The Tin Streamer : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 77 TOM OF CHYANNOR, THE TIN-STREAMER. A WEST-COUNTRY DROLL. Telle us swiche thing, as may our hertes glade. Be blithe, although thou ride upon a jade. What though thyn horse be bothe foule and lene, If...
West Country Superstitions. The Fairy Tribes : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE FAIRY TRIBES. BELIEF in fairies is far from being extinct in Cornwall, though our country folks never call them by that name. A few days since, a woman of Mousehal told me that not long ago troops...
West Country Superstitions. The Wrecker : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE WRECKER AND THE DEATH SHIP. Full well 'tis known adown the dale; Tho' passing strange indeed the tale, And doubtful may appear. Shenstone. PERSONS of a notoriously wicked character were said to have...
A Legend Of Pengersec : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 251 A LEGEND OF PENGERSEC. So I your presence may enjoye, No toil I will refuse; But wanting you, my life is death; Nay, death Ild rather chuse. Fair Rosamond. MANY years ago an elderly gentlem...
West Country Superstitions. The Wreck : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE WRECK OF ADMIRAL SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL. WE are reminded by the above of the wreck of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel's ship, the "Association," at Scilly; and of a tradition, common to the Islands, which...
Legends Of The West Country Giants. The Giants. Part 03 : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 9 LEGENDS OF THE WEST-COUNTRY GIANTS THE GIANTS OF TOWEDNACK "Of Titan's monstrous race Only some few disturb'd that happy place. Raw hides they wore for clothes, their drink was blood, Rocks were their...
How A Morvah Man Bought Clothes For His Wife : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 207 HOW A MORVAH MAN BOUGHT CLOTHES FOR HIS WIFE. "Contented toil, and hospitable care, And kind connubial tenderness are there." Goldsmith. MOST of the dwellers in the cottages scattered over the hills...
Uter Bosence And The Piskey : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 57 UTER BOSENCE AND THE PISKEY "A Midsummer Night's Legend" "Joculo:--O you are a dangerous farie! I care not whose hand I were in, so I were out of yours. "Fairy:--Will't please you dance, sir? "Joculo...
Castle Treen And Its Legends. The Small People : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], THE SMALL PEOPLE (FAIRIES). When our giants and other antique people left their human bodies they continued to dwell in their old homes down almost to our times. As they had no idea of any life but...
An Excursion To Chapel Uny Well. Introduction : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 199 AN EXCURSION TO CHAPEL UNY WELL, WITH A LEGEND OF THE CHANGELING OF BREA VEAN. These, when a child haps to be got, That after proves an idiot, When folks perceive it thriveth not, The fault there...
The Fairy Master, Or Bob O' The Carn : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2", by William Bottrell, [1873], p. 173 THE FAIRY MASTER, OR BOB O' THE CARN. Out steps some Faery, with quick motion, And tells him wonders of some flowrie vale. Marston. JUST fifty years ago, one Tom Treva lived on a small lone tenement...
The Haunted Mill Pool Of Trove. And The Crusaders : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 266 The Haunted Mill-Pool Of Trove; And The Crusaders "'Tis I have vowed a pilgrimage unto a distant shrine, And I must seek "Jerusalem", and leave the land that's mine, Here shalt thou dwell the while...
Legends Of The West Country Giants. The Giant. Part 02 : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], THE GIANT WRATH OF PORTREATH In old times there lived in a cavern on the sea-shore, about ten miles to the east of Hayle, a giant called Wrath, who had a bad character given him by the people of St. Ives...
Sketches In Penzance. The School Days : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], THE SCHOOL-DAYS AND HOME OF PELLEW From the entrance-gate to the mansion alluded to, we have a view of an old cottage which ought to be regarded with much interest, as it was the home of Pellew (Admiral...
The Dwelling Of Chenance. Lamorna Cove : * "Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1", by William Bottrell, [1870], p. 206 LAMORNA COVE: THE DWELLING OF CHENANCE: JOAN'S TRIP TO PENZANCE ON CHRISTMAS EVE "In old wives' daies that in old time did live, To whose odde tales much credit men did give, Great store of goblins...
