Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall Vol. 2

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Fully illustrated. 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, including tales of giants, ancient castles, and strange standing stones. Cover Page Title Page Publisher Page Contents Frontispiece Stories And Traditions Of Penwith Duffy And The Devil. An Old Christmas Play Part First Part 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 Introduction The I’ans Quit Treen Unexpected Visitors The Proud Pendars The I’an's Ghosts Castle Treen And Its Legends The Key Of The Castle Giants Of Castle Treen Dan Dynas The Small People (Fairies) St. Levan Witches Traditions Of Pacurno Legends Of St. Levan St. Levan And His Sister Johanna's Garden The St. Levan Stone Parchapel Well A Legend Of Pargwarra The Tragedy Of Sweet William And Fair Nancy 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 Ballowal Tom And The Knackers Old Songs And Nicknames An Excursion To Chapel Uny Well Introduction The 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 First Part The Second Tregagle 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 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, &C 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, &C Divination By Rushes And Ivy-Leaves Recent Ill-Wishing Midsummer Bonfires The Mermaid Of Zennor Glossary Of Local Words