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Standing alone at the bottom tip of England and despite the enormous influx of tourists it receives each year, Cornwall boasts many unique traditions. This volume touches on the wide variety of legends, songs and stories and their relationship with the rugged landscape: from standing stones and tales of sea-monsters and mermaids to ghosts, fairies and giants. The book looks at pagan ceremonies and old traditions, and the very Cornish love of singing. It further discusses the Cornish tongue, and the old language of Cornwall. And, of course, no study of Cornwall would be complete without some consideration of King Arthur and his legacy upon the folklore of the county.… (más)
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For Robert Husband of Penare
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Introduction [by Venetia J. Newall] With the publication of this book, The Folklore of the British Isles reaches its sixth volume, and I want to take the opportunity to discuss briefly the problems of editing, or, for that matter, of contributing to, a series of this nature.
1 The Life Cycle Life in old Cornwall was hard.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Standing alone at the bottom tip of England and despite the enormous influx of tourists it receives each year, Cornwall boasts many unique traditions. This volume touches on the wide variety of legends, songs and stories and their relationship with the rugged landscape: from standing stones and tales of sea-monsters and mermaids to ghosts, fairies and giants. The book looks at pagan ceremonies and old traditions, and the very Cornish love of singing. It further discusses the Cornish tongue, and the old language of Cornwall. And, of course, no study of Cornwall would be complete without some consideration of King Arthur and his legacy upon the folklore of the county.
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