Stories and folk-lore of West Cornwall. Third Series
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1. Front matter2. STORIES AND FOLK-LORE OF WEST CORNWALL3. PREFACE.4. CONTENTS.5. ERRATA.6. LEGENDS OF LADOCK.7. THE PRIZE WRESTLER AND DEMON.8. THE FEATHERED FIEND.9. THE GHOSTS OF KENEGIE.10. LAYING WILD HARRIS’S GHOST.11. CORNISH CASTLES.12. THE HAUNTED LAWYER.13. HALLANTIDE: OR A ST. JUST FEAST FIFTY YEARS AGO.14. MILL STORIES.15. A POOR TINNER’S FEAST.16. AN OLD DROLL ABOUT A POOR TINNER’S FEAST.17. A MADRON FEAST OF FIFTY YEARS AGO.18. ZENNOR HEARTHSIDE STORIES.19. THE SEAMAN’S GHOST.20. THE OLD WOMAN’S GHOST.21. THE MUTTON FEAST AT ST. IVES.22. THE WITCH OF KERROW.23. FAIRIES ON THE EASTERN GREEN.24. THE LAST THREATENED INVASION: COMMOTION AND FALSE ALARM IN THE WEST.25. MAL TRELOARE AND SANDRY KEMP KISS AND BECOME GOOD FRIENDS AGAIN: OR BACKBITING CRULL OUTWITTED.26. THE THREE GEESE.27. THE EARL OF STAIRS’ SON.28. FROM PENZANCE TO CARN GALVA: NOTEWORTHY OBJECTS BY THE WAY.29. THE PENZANCE OF OUR GRANDFATHERS.30. THE GHOSTS OF CHAPEL-STREET AND St. MARY’S CHAPEL-YARD.31. LOCAL NICKNAMES.32. (RE-PRINTED BY DESIRE.)33. THE GHOST-LAYER.34. CORNISH DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO OLD MEN.35. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN GRACEY PENROSE AND MALLY TREVISKY.36. CHRISTMAS CAROLS.37. ANCIENT MIDSUMMER CUSTOMS.38. THE “HILLA.”39. THE ANCIENT CORNISH LANGUAGE IN THE COLONIES.40. ACCORDING HOW ET MAY DROP.41. “SA! SA!”42. CORNISH OBSERVANCES WITH REGARD TO THE SUN AND MOON.43. CORNISH CONJURORS’ CHARMS AGAINST WITCHCRAFT.44. ALL ON ONE SIDE, LIKE SMOOTHY’S WEDDING.45. PISKIES, SPRIGGANS, SMALL PEOPLE, AND KNOCKERS.46. OLD CORNISH WORDS.47. GLOSSARY OF LOCAL WORDS.48. SUBSCRIBERS’ NAMES.