Popular Romances of the West of England, Or, The Drolls, Traditions and Superstitions of Old Cornwall, المجلد 1John Camden Hotten, 1865 - 319 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة iv
... TREGEAGLE . 51. The Demon Tregeagle , . 52. Jahn Tergagle the Steward , 53. Dosmery Pool , 54. The Wish Hounds , 55. Cheney's Hounds , . 56. Morva or Morveth , • THE MERMAIDS . 57. Merrymaids and Merrymen , 58. The Mermaid of Padstow ...
... TREGEAGLE . 51. The Demon Tregeagle , . 52. Jahn Tergagle the Steward , 53. Dosmery Pool , 54. The Wish Hounds , 55. Cheney's Hounds , . 56. Morva or Morveth , • THE MERMAIDS . 57. Merrymaids and Merrymen , 58. The Mermaid of Padstow ...
الصفحة xviii
... Tregeagle are illustrations of this . The man who has gained the notoriety of being attached to a tale as old as that of Orestes , —was a magistrate in Cornwall two hundred years since . The story of the murderess of Ludgvan and her ...
... Tregeagle are illustrations of this . The man who has gained the notoriety of being attached to a tale as old as that of Orestes , —was a magistrate in Cornwall two hundred years since . The story of the murderess of Ludgvan and her ...
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... Tregeagle the honourable immor- tality of being employed to frighten children into virtue . Often have I heard the unruly urchins of this neighbourhood threatened with Trebiggan . They are told that Trebiggan was a vast man , with arms ...
... Tregeagle the honourable immor- tality of being employed to frighten children into virtue . Often have I heard the unruly urchins of this neighbourhood threatened with Trebiggan . They are told that Trebiggan was a vast man , with arms ...
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... to destroy a colony of ants . If you place a piece of tin in a bank of Muryans at a certain age of the moon , it will be turned into silver . TREGEAGLE . " In Cornwaile's fair land , bye the The Muryan's Bank . 131 The Muryan's Bank,
... to destroy a colony of ants . If you place a piece of tin in a bank of Muryans at a certain age of the moon , it will be turned into silver . TREGEAGLE . " In Cornwaile's fair land , bye the The Muryan's Bank . 131 The Muryan's Bank,
الصفحة 132
Robert Hunt. TREGEAGLE . " In Cornwaile's fair land , bye the poole on the moore Tregeagle the wicked did dwell . " Tregeagle or Dozmare Pool . - By JOHN PENWARNE . ROMANCES OF TREGEAGLE . THE DEMON TREGEAGLE . " Thrice TREGEAGLE.
Robert Hunt. TREGEAGLE . " In Cornwaile's fair land , bye the poole on the moore Tregeagle the wicked did dwell . " Tregeagle or Dozmare Pool . - By JOHN PENWARNE . ROMANCES OF TREGEAGLE . THE DEMON TREGEAGLE . " Thrice TREGEAGLE.
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1ST SERIES amidst amongst ancient Anne appeared arms beautiful Betty buried cairns called Carn Brea castle Chenalls Cherry child church Chyandour Corineus Cornish Cornwall cottage Crowlas dancing dark Dartmoor devil Duffy evidently eyes fairies father fire friends gentleman giant girl Gogmagog granite ground Gulval heard hill History of Cornwall hole horse inhabitants Islands Jack Jane Jenny Joan labour lady land Land's-End legend Lelant length lived Logan Rock looked lovely maiden mermaid miners moor morning Morva Mount's Bay Nancy neighbours never night old woman Padstow parish passed Pengerswick Penna Penzance piskies rock sand says Scilly seen Selina shew shore side soul spirit spriggans squire St Agnes St Ives St Michael's Mount stone story strange tale tell thee things thought tinkeard told took Towednack tradition Trecrobben Tregeagle Trenoweth village walked wife wild young Zennor
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الصفحة 68 - Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas ; Or farther for religion fled, Or else they take their ease.
الصفحة i - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
الصفحة 62 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the Fairy Queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours.
الصفحة 239 - While correcting these sheets I am informed of two recent instances of this superstition. One of them was the sacrifice of a calf by a farmer near Portreath, for the purpose of removing a disease which had long followed his horses and his cows. The other was the burning of a living lamb, to save, as the farmer said, ' his flocks from spells which had been cast on 'em.
الصفحة 62 - As we dance the dew doth fall ; Trip it, little urchins all, Lightly as the little bee, Two by two, and three by three, And about go we, and about go we.2 Jo.
الصفحة 312 - Jefferies, now living in the County of Cornwall, who was fed for six months by a small sort of Airy People, called Fairies; and of the strange and wonderful Cures she performed with Salves and Medicines she received from them, for which she never took one Penny of her Patients.
الصفحة 11 - Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old, Where the great vision of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold; Look homeward angel now, and melt with ruth. And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
الصفحة 308 - The more important doings of the guizards are of a theatrical character. There is one rude and grotesque drama which they are accustomed to perform on each of the four above-mentioned nights, and which, in various fragments or versions, exists in every part of Lowland Scotland. The performers, who are never less than three, but sometimes as many as six, having dressed themselves, proceed in a band from house to house, generally contenting themselves with the kitchen for an arena, whither, in mansions...
الصفحة 237 - There can be no doubt but that a belief prevailed until a very recent period, amongst the small farmers in the districts remote from towns in Cornwall, that a living sacrifice appeased the wrath of God. This sacrifice must be by fire; and I have heard it argued that the Bible gave them warranty for this belief....
الصفحة 230 - Rows of lighted candles, also, when the air is calm, are fixed outside the windows or along the sides of the streets. In St. Just, and other mining parishes, the young miners, mimicking their fathers' employments, bore rows of holes in the rocks, load them with gunpowder, and explode them in rapid succession by trains of the same substance. As the holes are not deep enough to split the rocks, the same little batteries serve for many years.