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Bottrell, “The prize wrestler and the demon” (1880)

  • Folklore
  • Date: May 22, 1880
  • Type: Book
  • Tags: Cousin Hackey Folklore

A LITTLE more than a century ago the Rector of Ladock was the Rev. Mr. Wood, who was a most zealous churchman even in the days of misty prejudice, when churchmen in general looked upon nonconformists as scabbed sheep in their fold, and held that no schismatics were to be tolerated. From having unwavering faith […]

Courtney, Cornish Feasts and Folklore (1890)

  • Folklore
  • Date: May 15, 1890
  • Type: Book
  • Tags: Folklore

  The wrestlers of Cornwall and their wrestling-matches are still famous, and in the May of 1868 4,000 assembled one day on Marazion Green, and 3,000 the next, to see one. The wrestlers of this county have a peculiar grip, called by them “the Cornish-hug.”…. “The next day the fair begins, a trivial matter, except […]

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