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" Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall" by William Bottrell is a book about the social life and customs of West Cornwall County. Excerpt: "ASSOCIATED with Trove and the ancient family who lived, for many generations, in that pleasant place, there is a tradition that one old Squire Lovell wedded a poor girl solely because he believed her to be the best spinster and knitster in Buryan; but that all the fine stockings and other knitted garments with which she provided her husband were made by a devil. This droll formed the subject of an old Guise-dance (Christmas Play) which is all but forgotten: yet, in our youth, we have heard a few scenes rehearsed, which may be interesting as an example of a primitive drama of West Penwith, that may have succeeded, or been contemporary with, the miracle plays which, about three centuries ago, were acted in the Plan-an-gwarre, St. Just, and at the Church-town cross in most other western parishes."

Book details

• Full title: Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series
• Author: William Bottrell
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244
• EAN: 9788027287628
• ID: 42850074
• Publisher: Bookwire
• Weight: 340 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 13 mm
• Published: 2022

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