The three circles, which are seen on the moors not far from the Cheesewring, in the parish of St Cleer, are also notable examples of the punishment of Sabbath-breaking. These are called the "Hurlers," and they preserve the posi tion in which the several parties stood in the full excitement of the game of hurling, when, for the crime of profaning the Sabbath, they were changed into stone.* NINE THE NINE MAIDS, OR VIRGIN SISTERS. INE "Moor Stones" are set up near the road in the parish of Gwendron, or Wendron, to which the above name is given. The perpendicular blocks of granite have evidently been placed, with much labour, in their present position. Tradition says they indicate the graves of nine sisters. Hals appears to think some nuns were buried here. From one person only, I heard the old story of the stones having been metamorphosed maidens. Other groups of stone might be named, as Rosemedery, Tregaseal, Bosked * "With respect to the stones called the 'Hurlers' being once men, I will say with Hals, 'Did but the ball which these Hurlers used when flesh and blood, appear directly over them, immovably pendant in the air, one might be apt to credit some little of the tale;' but as this is not the case, I must add my belief of their being erected by the Druids for some purpose or other-probably a court of justice; long subsequent to which erection, however, they may have served as a goal for hurl-players."-Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Boroughs of East and West Love, by Thomas Bond. May we not address Mr Bond, "O ye of little faith"? A very small amount of which would have found the ball, fixed as a boulder of granite, not as it passed through the air, but as it rolled along the ground. That an ancient priesthood, endeavouring to reach the minds of an ignorant people through their sensations, should endeavour to persuade the old Celtic population that God's vengeance had fallen on the Sabbathbreaker, is not to be wondered at. Up to a very recent period, hurling matches usually came off on the Sunday.-See "Hurling" in the chapter on Cornish Customs. nan, Botallack, Tredinek, and Crowlas, in the west, to which the same story extends, and many others in the eastern parts of the county; but it cannot be necessary. THE TWELVE-O'CLOCK STONE. NUMBERS of people would formerly visit a remarkable Logan stone, near Nancledrea, which had been, by supernatural power, impressed with some peculiar sense at midnight. Although it was quite impossible to move this stone during daylight, or indeed by human power at any other time, it would rock like a cradle exactly at midnight. Many a child has been cured of rickets by being placed naked at this hour on the twelve-o'clock stone. If, however, the child was misbegotten," or, if it was the offspring of dissolute parents, the stone would not move, and consequently no cure was effected. On the Cuckoo Hill, eastward of Nancledrea, there stood, but a few years since, two piles of rocks about eight feet apart, and these were united by a large flat stone carefully placed upon them, thus forming a doorway which was, as my informant told me, "large and high enough to drive a horse and cart through." It was formerly the custom to march in procession through this "doorway" in going to the twelve-o'clock stone. The stone-mason has, however, been busy hereabout; and every mass of granite, whether rendered notorious by the Giants or holy by the Druids, if found to be of the size required, has been removed.* The following are a few of the interesting remains of old Cornwall, which have entirely disappeared from this neighbourhood within a few years : Between St Ives and Zennor, on the lower road over Tregarthen downs stood a Logan rock. An old man, perhaps ninety years of age, told me he AT THE MEN-SCRYFA. T the entrance to Penzance rises, rather abruptly, a hill, crowned with a very remarkable earthwork. It is known as Castle Lesgudzhek, or, the "Castle of the Bloody Field," to this day. Tradition, our only guide, tells us that this castle was one of the strong places of a British king, in the third or fourth century; that a rival chieftain, from the eastern part of Danmonium, besieged him. The defence was long and desperate. The besiegers, wearying of the unsuccessful toil, retired at length to the plains of Gulval; and that the besieged left his castle, and gave his enemies battle on the plain which extends from Penzance to Marazion. The "bloody field” remained in possession of the chieftain of Lesgudzhek, and the leader of the eastern men was killed near where he was buried. The Men Scryfa, or inscribed stone, was raised over his grave,-its height, nine feet, being the exact height of the defeated warrior. had often logged it, and that it would make a noise which could be heard for miles. At Balnoon, between Nancledrea and Knill's Steeple, some miners came upon "two slabs of granite cemented together," which covered a walled grave three feet square-an ancient kistvean. In it they found an earthenware vessel containing some black earth, and a leaden spoon. The spoon was given to Mr Praed of Trevetha, and may possibly be in the possession of the present proprietor. The kistvean was utterly destroyed. At Brunnion, not far from St Ives, in the garden attached to the house which is occupied by the Hoskings, is an arched doorway of carefullyworked granite. Tradition saith this doorway belonged to an ancient church, and that the present garden was the burial-ground. Close by, at Treverrack, is a field known as the "Chapel Field," in which the plough is constantly turning up stones which have been carefully chiselled. In Bosprenis Croft there was a very large coit or cromlech. It is said to have been fifteen feet square, and not more than one foot thick in any part. This was broken in two parts some years since, and taken to Penzance to form the beds for two ovens. RIALOBRAN CUNOVAL FIL is engraven on the block; thus handing to us the name of the unfortunate warrior, who was probably the son of the hero from whom Gulval draws its name; and if so, may we not suppose that he was but endeavouring to recover the possessions which once belonged to his parent. A TABLE-MÊN. THE SAXON KING'S VISIT TO THE LAND'S-END. Ta short distance from Sennen church, and near the end of a cottage, is a block of granite, nearly eight feet long, and about three feet high. This rock is known as the Table-mên, or Table-main, which appears to signify the stone table. At Bosavern, in St Just, is a somewhat similar flat stone; and the same story attaches to each. It is to the effect that some Saxon kings used the stone as a dining-table. The number has been variously stated; some traditions fixing on three kings, others on seven. Hals is far more explicit; for, as he says, on the authority of the chronicle of Samuel Daniell, they were Ethelbert, 5th king of Kent; Cissa, 2d king of the South Saxons; Kingills, 6th king of the West Saxons; Sebert, 3d king of the East Saxons; Penda, 5th king of the Mercians; Sigebert, 5th king of the East Angles,-who all flourished about the year 600. At a point where the four parishes of Zennor, Morvah, Gulval, and Madron meet, is a flat stone with a cross cut on it. The Saxon kings are also said to have dined on this. The only tradition which is known amongst the peasantry of Sennen is, that Prince Arthur and the kings who aided him against the Danes, in the great battle fought near VellanDrucher, dined on the Table-mên; after which they defeated the Danes. PROPE MERLYN'S PROPHECIES. ROPHECIES by Merlyn are tolerably prevalent in Cornwall. The character of these may be known by one or two examples "Aga syth tyer, war and meyne Merlyn Ara neb syth Leskey Paul, Penzance hag Newlyn." This has been translated "There shall land on the stone of Merlyn, Those who shall burn Paul, Penzance, and Newlyn." This prophecy is supposed to have been accomplished when the Spaniards, in the reign of Elizabeth, landed at Mousehole, a fishing village in the Mount's Bay. Near the pier at Mousehole is still a rock called "Merlyn Car," or "Merlyn's Rock," and not far from it another, called "the Spaniard." THE LEVAN STONE. This bisected mass of granite has been already noticed in connexion with St Levan. "When, with panniers astride, A pack-horse can ride Through the Levan Stone, The world will be done." THE RAME HEAD AND THE DODMAN. Meryln is said to have pronounced the following prophecy, standing near St German's Grotto on the shores of Whitsand Bay : "When the Rame Head and Dodman meet, |