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DOWN BUT NOT OUT. Cornish Wrestler: “The beginning of the end: I can’t stick the pace.” The speech-bubble of the stickler reads “One more month….”. An old wrestler labelled ‘Cornish Wrestler’ sits looking tired on the ground, whilst a youthful looking wrestler labelled ‘Modern sport’ stands ready looking down at him. This artefact is a […]
Suggested coat of arms for Cornwall, by Sir Robert Edgcumbe. (Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, vol. 21, 1922-1925).
…made it a regular custom to give their men servants a holiday on the Saturday afternoon, to take them to [the traditional wrestling field, called the ring-close], and yet to allow them their wages. As soon as ever dinner was finished, each master set out with his men to the ring; and there the latter […]