Popular Romances of the West of England; or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall

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Author

Hunt, Robert, 1807-1887

Title

Popular Romances of the West of England, Second Series or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Oral tradition -- England -- Cornwall (County)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59033

Release Date

March 8, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CONTENTS. — POPULAR ROMANCES AND SUPERSTITIONS OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND.
3. 3.THE SAINTS. — LEGENDS OF THE SAINTS. — THE CROWZA STONES. — THE LONGSTONE. THE GIANT’S HAT AND STAFF. — ST SENNEN AND ST JUST. — LEGENDS OF ST LEVEN. — I.—THE SAINT AND JOHANA. — II.—THE SAINT’S PATH. — III.—THE ST LEVEN STONE. — IV.—THE TWO BREAMS. — SAINT KEYNE. — ST DENNIS’S BLOOD. — ST KEA’S BOAT. — ST GERMAN’S WELL. — HOW ST PIRAN REACHED CORNWALL. — ST PERRAN, THE MINERS’ SAINT. — THE DISCOVERY OF TIN. — ST NEOT, THE PIGMY. — ST NEOT AND THE FOX. — ST NEOT AND THE DOE. — ST NEOT AND THE THIEVES. — ST NEOT AND THE FISHES. — PROBUS AND GRACE. — ST NECTAN’S KIEVE AND THE LONELY SISTERS. — THEODORE, KING OF CORNWALL.
4. 4.HOLY WELLS.
5. 5.SUPERSTITIONS OF THE WELLS. — WELL-WORSHIP. — THE WELL OF ST CONSTANTINE. — THE WELL OF ST LUDGVAN. — GULVAL WELL. — THE WELL OF ST KEYNE. — MADDERN OR MADRON WELL. — THE WELL AT ALTAR-NUN. CURE OF INSANITY. — ST GUNDRED’S WELL AT ROACH ROCK. — ST CUTHBERT’S OR CUBERT’S WELL. — RICKETY CHILDREN. — CHAPELL UNY. — PERRAN WELL. — REDRUTH WELL. — HOLY WELL AT LITTLE CONAN. — THE PRESERVATION OF HOLY WELLS.
6. 6.KING ARTHUR.
7. 7.ROMANCES OF ARTHUR. — ARTHUR LEGENDS. — THE BATTLE OF VELLAN-DRUCHAR. [29] — ARTHUR AT THE LAND’S-END. — TRADITIONS OF THE DANES IN CORNWALL. — KING ARTHUR IN THE FORM OF A CHOUGH. — THE CORNISH CHOUGH. — SLAUGHTER BRIDGE. — CAMELFORD AND KING ARTHUR. — DAMELIOCK CASTLE. — CARLIAN IN KEA.
8. 8.SORCERY AND WITCHCRAFT.
9. 9.ROMANCES OF WITCHES, ETC. — THE “CUNNING MAN.” — NOTES ON WITCHCRAFT. — ILL-WISHING. — THE “PELLER.” — BEWITCHED CATTLE. — HOW TO BECOME A WITCH. — CORNISH SORCERERS. — HOW PENGERSWICK BECAME A SORCERER. — THE LORD OF PENGERSWICK AN ENCHANTER. — THE WITCH OF FRADDAM AND THE ENCHANTER OF PENGERSWICK. — TREWA, OR TREWE; THE HOME OF WITCHES. — KENIDZHEK WITCH. — THE WITCHES OF THE LOGAN STONE. — MADGY FIGGY’S CHAIR. — OLD MADGE FIGGEY AND THE PIG. — MADAM NOY AND OLD JOAN. — THE WITCH OF TREVA. — HOW MR LENINE GAVE UP COURTING. — THE WITCH AND THE TOAD. — THE SAILOR WIZARD.
10. 10.THE MINERS.
11. 11.ROMANCES OF THE MINERS. — TRADITIONS OF TINNERS. — THE TINNER OF CHYANNOR. — “WHO ARE THE KNOCKERS?” — MINERS’ SUPERSTITIONS. — CHRISTMAS-EVE IN THE MINES. — WARNINGS AND “TOKENS.” — THE GHOST ON HORSEBACK. — THE BLACK DOGS. — PITMEN’S OMENS AND GOBLINS. — THE DEAD HAND. — DORCAS, THE SPIRIT OF POLBREEN MINE. — HINGSTON DOWNS.
12. 12.FISHERMEN AND SAILORS.
13. 13.ROMANCES OF FISHERMEN AND SAILORS. — THE PILOT’S GHOST STORY. — THE PHANTOM SHIP. — JACK HARRY’S LIGHTS. — THE PIRATE-WRECKER AND THE DEATH SHIP. — THE SPECTRE SHIP OF PORTHCURNO. — THE LADY WITH THE LANTERN. — THE DROWNED “HAILING THEIR NAMES.” — THE VOICE FROM THE SEA. — THE SMUGGLER’S TOKEN. — THE HOOPER, OR THE HOOTER, OF SENNEN COVE. — HOW TO EAT PILCHARDS. — PILCHARDS CRYING FOR MORE. — THE PRESSING-STONES. — WHIPPING THE HAKE.
14. 14.DEATH SUPERSTITIONS.
15. 15.DEATH TOKENS AND SUPERSTITIONS. — THE DEATH-TOKEN OF THE VINGOES. — THE DEATH FETCH OF WILLIAM RUFUS. — SIR JOHN ARUNDELL. — PHANTOMS OF THE DYING. — THE WHITE HARE. — THE HAND OF A SUICIDE. — THE NORTH SIDE OF A CHURCH. — POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS.
16. 16.OLD USAGES.
17. 17.CUSTOMS OF ANCIENT DAYS. — SANDING THE STEP ON NEW YEAR’S-DAY. — MAY-DAY. — SHROVE TUESDAY AT ST IVES. — “THE FURRY”—HELSTONE. — MIDSUMMER SUPERSTITIOUS CUSTOMS. — CRYING THE NECK. — DRINKING TO THE APPLE-TREES ON TWELFTH NIGHT EVE. — ALLHALLOWS-EVE AT ST IVES. — THE TWELFTH CAKE. — OXEN PRAY ON CHRISTMAS EVE. — “ST GEORGE”—THE CHRISTMAS PLAYS. — GEESE-DANCING—PLOUGH MONDAY. — CHRISTMAS AT ST IVES. — LADY LOVELL’S COURTSHIP. — THE GAME OF HURLING. — SHAM MAYORS. — I.—THE MAYOR OF MYLOR. — II.—THE MAYOR OF ST GERMANS. — III.—THE MAYOR OF HALGAVER MOOR. — THE FACTION FIGHT AT CURY GREAT TREE. — TOWEDNACK CUCKOO FEAST. — THE DUKE OF RESTORMEL.
18. 18.POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS.
19. 19.CHARMING, PROPHETIC POWER, ETC. — CHARMING, AND PROPHETIC POWER. — FORTUNE-TELLING, CHARMS, ETC. — THE ZENNOR CHARMERS. — J—— H——, The Conjurer of St Colomb. — CURES FOR WARTS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — A CURE FOR PARALYSIS. — A CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. — SUNDRY CHARMS. — CURE FOR COLIC IN TOWEDNACK. — FOR A SCALD OR BURN. — CHARMS FOR INFLAMMATORY DISEASES. — CHARMS FOR THE PRICK OF A THORN. — I. — II. — CHARMS FOR STANCHING OF BLOOD. — CHARM FOR A TETTER. — CHARM FOR THE STING OF A NETTLE. — CHARM FOR TOOTHACHE. — CHARM FOR SERPENTS. — THE CURE OF BOILS. — RICKETS, OR A CRICK IN THE BACK. — THE CLUB-MOSS, (LYCOPODIUM INUNDATUM.) — MOON SUPERSTITIONS. — CURES FOR WHOOPING-COUGH. — I. — II. — CURE OF TOOTHACHE. — THE CONVALESCENT’S WALK. — ADDERS, AND THE MILPREVE. — SNAKES AVOID THE ASH-TREE. — TO CHARM A SNAKE. — THE ASH-TREE. [64] — RHYME ON THE EVEN ASH. — A TEST OF INNOCENCY. — THE BONFIRE TEST. — LIGHTS SEEN BY THE CONVERTED. — THE MIGRATORY BIRDS — SHOOTING STARS. — THE SUN NEVER SHINES ON THE PERJURED. — CHARACTERISTICS. — THE MUTTON FEAST. — THE FLOATING GRINDSTONE. — CELTS—FLINT ARROW-HEADS, ETC. — HORNS ON THE CHURCH TOWER. — TEA-STALKS AND SMUT. — AN OLD CORNISH RHYME. — TO CHOOSE A WIFE. — THE ROBIN AND THE WREN. — TO SECURE GOOD LUCK FOR A CHILD. — INNOCENCY. — RAIN AT BRIDAL OR BURIAL. — CROWING HENS, ETC. — THE NEW MOON. — LOOKING-GLASSES. — THE MAGPIE. — THE MONTH OF MAY UNLUCKY. — ON THE BIRTHS OF CHILDREN. — ON WASHING LINEN. — ITCHING EARS. — THE SPARK ON THE CANDLE. — THE BLUE VEIN. — THE CROAKING OF THE RAVEN. — WHISTLING. — MEETING ON THE STAIRS. — TREADING ON GRAVES. — A LOOSE GARTER. — TO CURE THE HICCOUGH. — THE SLEEPING FOOT. — THE HORSE-SHOE. — THE BLACK CAT’S TAIL. — UNLUCKY THINGS. — THE LIMP CORPSE. — “BY HOOK OR BY CROOK.” — WEATHER SIGNS. — WEATHER AT LISKEARD. — THE FIRST BUTTERFLY. — PECULIAR WORDS AND PHRASES.
20. 20.MISCELLANEOUS STORIES.
21. 21.VARIOUS ROMANCES & SUPERSTITIONS. — THE BELLS OF FORRABURY CHURCH. — THE TOWER OF MINSTER CHURCH. — TEMPLE MOORS. — THE LEGEND OF TAMARA. — THE CHURCH AND THE BARN. — THE PENRYN TRAGEDY. — GOLDSITHNEY FAIR AND THE GLOVE. — THE HARLYN PIE. — PACKS OF WOOL THE FOUNDATION OF THE BRIDGE OF WADEBRIDGE. — THE LAST WOLF IN ENGLAND. — CHURCHES BUILT IN PERFORMANCE OF VOWS. — BOLAIT, THE FIELD OF BLOOD. — WOEFUL MOOR, AND BODRIGAN’S LEAP. — PENGERSWICK CASTLE. — THE CLERKS OF CORNWALL. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — A FAIRY CAUGHT. — THE LIZARD PEOPLE. — PRUSSIA COVE AND SMUGGLERS’ HOLES. — CORNISH TEENY-TINY. — THE SPANIARD AT PENRYN. — BOYER, MAYOR OF BODMIN. — THOMASINE BONAVENTURE. — THE LAST OF THE KILLIGREWS. — SAINT GERENNIUS. — CORNISH DIALOGUE.
22. 22.FOOTNOTES
23. 23.APPENDIX.
24. 24.APPENDIX. — (A.) ST PIRAN—PERRAN ZABULOE. — (B.) THE DISCOVERER OF TIN. — (C.) ST NEOT. — (D.) THE SISTERS OF GLEN-NEOT. — (E.) MILLINGTON OF PENGERSWICK. — (F.) SARACEN.

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