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Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall

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Whitaker, Wrestling farmers (1800)

  • Farmers Parish Feast Wresting Ring
  • Date: July 15, 1800
  • Source: Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall
  • Type: Diary
  • Tags: Farmers Parish Feast Wresting Ring

…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 […]

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