By Robert Burroughs Three fishermen of Seythyn sailed o’er the Pleg-mor to cast their nets. Back and forth they tacked across the wind then turned for the final run home. They grasped the lines of their net to haul it in. They strained and heaved; they paused to breathe, then heaved again. Had they…Continue Reading “Morvalwen: The vengeful Mermaid of Seaton Bay”
By Robert Burroughs Another story in the Drollercoaster series St Germanus Priory Church at old Lanaled; East Wivelshire, 1824 From F W L Stockdale: Excursions in the County of Cornwall; (pub’ Simpkin & Marshall, London, 1824) In the church of St Germanus at ancient Lanaled, there survives a carved Misericorde seat showing a Huntsman and…Continue Reading “The Dondu: The Demon Huntsman and his Dandy Dogs”
Trencrom Hillfort After several years of using part of our yearly holiday time looking for somewhere to live in Cornwall, how could my wife and I resist a very nice house within walking distance of a hill crowned with an Iron Age hillfort, which we went to visit after looking the house over? As…Continue Reading “Cornish Ghosts”
Another trip into Tony Mansell’s world of folklore, myth and legend. This time with a tale of a Cornish maid who was cheated out of a life with the only man she loved. It was late and there was a chill in the air as Annie made her way along the rough track in…Continue Reading “At the End of the Valley”
Dr Charlotte MacKenzie, regular Cornish Story contributor, is a prolific writer and speaker on Cornish History and here she turns her attention to that most absorbing of subjects, Cornish Legends. To what extent was Cornish folklore recorded before the collection and publication of folk tales by Victorian folklorists? Some customary practices were mentioned from the…Continue Reading “Cornish legends”
Amy Heyman of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA, brings us a true account of an experience from her visit to the Lizard Peninsula. In 1988, my Mum and I rented a little cottage in Cadgwith. We stayed there for two weeks. The week prior, we had spent sightseeing in London where I thought I would maybe…Continue Reading “The Cadgwith Ghost”