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Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1

42 entries · 8 sections

by William Bottrell

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Legends of the West-Country Giants

The Giants of Towednack The Giants of Carn Galva The Giants of Trecrobben and the Mount The Giant Wrath of Portreath The Giant Bolster, of Saint Ann's The Piskey-Led Commercial Traveller's Ride over the Hills Uter Bosence and the Piskey The Old Wandering Droll-Teller of the Lizard, and his Story of the Mermaid and the Man of Cury

The White Witch, or Charmer of Zennor

Part First Part Second The Sailors History Annual Visit of the West-Country Folks to the Pellar of Helston, to have their Protection Renewed The Pellar and Tom Treva's Cows The Ghost of Stythians The Ghost-Layer Betty Toddy and her Gown; A St. Just Droll

Sketches In Penzance

The Old Market-House, and its Surroundings The Self-Taught Architect of the Land's-End The School-Days and Home of Pellew Parson Spry and his Wooden Horse Cornish Pulpit Retorts, Forty Years Ago The Ghosts of Chapel-Street and St. Mary's Chapel-Yard

Newlyn

A Legend of Tolcarn Newlyn; Our Jan's Brath; and the Particular Lodger

Mousehole

Nancy Trenoweth, the Fair Daughter of the Miller of Alsia

Part I Part II Sequel Sarah Polgrain

The Dwelling of Chenance

Lamorna Cove: The Dwelling of Chenance: Joan's Trip to Penzance on Christmas Eve The Dwelling of Chenance, Part II Bosava: The Demon Mason; and Lenine the Cobbler Trewoof and the Old Mansion of the Levelis The Haunted Chamber and the Maltsman The Gardens of Trewoof The Haunted Mill-Pool of Trove; and the Crusaders