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Stories and Folk-Lore of West Cornwall: Third Series

by William Bottrell

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Errata — Legends of Ladock
  3. 3The Prize Wrestler and Demon
  4. 4The Feathered Fiend
  5. 5The Ghosts of Kenegie
  6. 6Laying Wild Harris’s Ghost
  7. 7Cornish Castles
  8. 8The Haunted Lawyer
  9. 9Hallantide: Or a St. Just Feast Fifty Years Ago
  10. 10Mill Stories
  11. 11A Poor Tinner’s Feast
  12. 12An Old Droll About a Poor Tinner’s Feast
  13. 13A Madron Feast of Fifty Years Ago
  14. 14Zennor Hearthside Stories
  15. 15The Seaman’s Ghost
  16. 16The Old Woman’s Ghost
  17. 17The Mutton Feast at St. Ives
  18. 18The Witch of Kerrow
  19. 19Fairies on the Eastern Green
  20. 20The Last Threatened Invasion: Commotion and False Alarm in the West
  21. 21Mal Treloare and Sandry Kemp Kiss and Become Good Friends Again: Or…
  22. 22The Three Geese
  23. 23The Earl of Stairs’ Son
  24. 24From Penzance to Carn Galva: Noteworthy Objects by the Way
  25. 25The Penzance of Our Grandfathers
  26. 26The Old Market-House, and Its Surroundings
  27. 27The Ghosts of Chapel-Street and St. Mary’s Chapel-Yard
  28. 28Local Nicknames
  29. 29A Cornish Droll: Betty Toddy and Her Gown
  30. 30The Ghost-layer
  31. 31Cornish Dialogue Between Two Old Men
  32. 32A Dialogue Between Gracey Penrose and Mally Trevisky
  33. 33Christmas Carols
  34. 34Ancient Midsummer Customs
  35. 35The “Hilla”
  36. 36The Ancient Cornish Language in the Colonies
  37. 37According How et May Drop
  38. 38Cornish Words in Use
  39. 39Cornish Observances With Regard to the Sun and Moon
  40. 40Cornish Conjurors’ Charms Against Witchcraft
  41. 41All on One Side, Like Smoothy’s Wedding
  42. 42Piskies, Spriggans, Small People, and Knockers
  43. 43Old Cornish Words
  44. 44Glossary of Local Words
  45. 45Subscribers’ Names

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