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Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1, by William Bottrell, [1870], at sacred-texts.com
Abracadabra 115
Adders numerous in old times 149
Alsia, the miller's daughter of 185
— the holy well of 189
Alleys, trellised 255
Annual protection from witchcraft 115
Apparitions 103, 106, 129, 131, 163, 165, 175, 271
Aquatic embellishments 259
Arthur the king, traditions of 74, 149
Astrologers of the west 113, 179
Attack on the moorhouse 84
Betty Toddy and her gown 141
Bewitching the dairy 87
Black huntsman, the 130, 133, 226
Bolster, the giant 50
Bonfires, the midsummer 13, 55
Bosava mill 228
— house built by the devil 228
Bosence, family of 57
— Uter and the piskey 60
— old chapel of 60
Bottle, spell of the 23
Bowling-green, the 264
Brath, the feasten 142
— our Jan's 169
Brewer of Market-jew, the 10
Bucca, derivation of name (note) 143
— tricks 144
Buccaneer's adventures 110, 203
Burning the witch, game of 227
Buryan, St., ancient families of 186
—— Saints’ wells in 189
Carding black wool white 248
Carn Galva, giant of 46
Choon castle, building of 24
Conceit and cant 234
Christmas carols 224
—— feast 226
—— games 227
Conjuror, the, of Cury 70
——— Helston 115
Conjuror, a sensible 123
Cornish names explained 46, 143, 148, 158, 168, 172, 190, 228, 220
—— language, the 181
Corker, Parson, the ghost-layer 233
Crusader, the 263
Dance tunes, old words of 145
Danes, traditions of their incursions 74, 146
Daniels of Morvah 79
— ship 105
— of Lanyon 196
— of the giant Denbras 13
— of the maltsman of Trove 249
Denbras the giant 10
— his fight with Tom 11
— his wives 12
— his death 13
Demon mason, the 228
Devil, the, and his hounds 128, 136, 139, 219
— comes for Joan with horse
— and pillion 220
— stealing fishing-nets 168
— casting out the 177
— builds Bosava 229
— claims his due 231
Dog, Lutey's, saves him from the mermaid 69
— the parson's 162
Dolly Pentreath 178
Droll of the meremaid 64
—— Betty Toddy 140
— teller, the wandering 63
Dwelling of Chenance, the 209
Enchanter of Pengersec, the 33, 37
—— and giant of the mount 36
— ointment 199
Feasten broth 198
Fish-women of Mount's-bay 155
Funerals, entertainment at 85
—— ghostly 129
Games, ancient 34, 47, 146, 147
Gardens, old-fashioned, of Trove 250
Ghost, a ride with a 198
—— of Lenine 232
—— of Mrs. Baines 165
—— of Stythians 218
—— rising 134
Ghosts of the Keigwins 173
—— troops of 129
—— of Trove mill-pool 262
—— of the haunted chamber of Trove 248
Giants, legends of 10, 46, 47, 49-51
Guise-dance of St. George and the Turkish knight 227
Hall, the old-fashioned 239
Hammer, Jack of the 45
Hale sands, dangers of crossing, in former times 119
Hurling, the game of 34, 55, 146
Ill-wished cattle 79
Joan, her trip to Penzance 207
— punished for prying 216
— taken to the sky 219
— brought home in a wheel-barrow 221
King Arthur, legends of 74, 149
— of Market-jew 28
Knackers of the mines 77
Lamb and Flag inn 121
Ladies’ bower, the 242
Lanyon (or Lenine), ancient family of 185, 230
—— death of Frank 196
Lenine the cobbler 228
—— fools the devil 232
—— ghost of, baffles Parson Corker 224
Levelis (or Lovell), family and mansion of 235
—— the crusader, story of 263
Loadstone, the, worn as an amulet 42
Lodger, the too-particular-by-half 172
Ludgvan hurlers 34
—— holy well of 204
Market-jew, traditions of its ancient tin-trade 28
——— mayor or king of 28
——— smelting-feast 33
Mason-devil 234
Melusina, legend of, known in Breage 261
Mermaid found by the man of Cury 64
——— favours of, dearly purchased 70
Message from the sea 192
Miller, the, of Alsia 186
——— of Trove 221
Morvah fair 45
——— meaning of the name 46
Mount, the giants of the 36, 48
Mousehole, origin of the name 172
——— ancient mansion in 173
——— burnt by the Spaniards 174
——— cavern near 183
——— dwelling of Dolly Pentreath in 178
Nancy Trenoweth, the miller's daughter 185
Newlyn, origin of the name 169
—— old, woman of, and her son Jan 170
————— her particular lodger 172
Parson Spry and his wooden horse 159
—— the plain-spoken 165
—— Corker and the spirits of Bosava 233
—— Singleton the ghost-layer 167
Pellew, his home and schoolboy days 157
—— how he once ran from the foe 158
Pengersec, the enchanter and giant of the Mount 36
Penzance, sketches in 150
Pentreath, Dolly 178
—— and the schoolboys 179
—— and Mr. Price 180
—— her monument 181
Peter Pindar, a guest at Trevethow 182
Pin-maker, the 54
Pirates’ and privateers’ Adventures 108,200,204
—— craft, seizure of, by Buryan smugglers 201
Piskey, the, and Uter Bosence 60
—— led, traveller 48
Pigeonry, the old fashioned 260
Sailor V * * * * *, history of 97
Saint Just feast in old times 143
——, alarm of invasion in 149
Saint Ives 52
Sator, arepo, tenet, opera, rotas, charm 116
Skillewidden the fairy 76
Slinging, ancient practice of 147
Small people (see fairies)
Smuggling and smugglers 69, 72, 198, 199
Spell of the bottle 83
Streamers—tin-works 72
Spry, Rev. William—his eccentric character 159
————, pulpit retorts 165
Stythians, ghost of 125
Summer's friends 21
——, trying for 194
Talfat, meaning of 209
Tinkard, the, enters the giant's castle 15
——— makes leather coats 23
——— —love to the giant's daughter 24
——— finds a keenly batch of tin 26
——— conquers the enchanter 40
Tinkard, the, marries Genevra and settles in Morvah 44
Tolcarn, legend of 168
Tom the Hedger fights the giant of Towednack 11
———— takes possession of his castle 14
———— fights with the tinkard 16
Tom Treva and his cows 121
Treasures of the giant's castle 28
Trecrobben & the Mount, giants of 48
Trewoof, ancient mansion of 235
—— gardens of 250
—— haunted chamber of 248
———— mill-pool of 263
—— mill 264
Trenoweth, Nancy, the story of 185
Trevethow, hospitable old squire of 182
Peter Pindar, a guest of 182
Trezillian, Madam, her head-dress 154
Velandruchar and Velansager 147
————— moor, battle of 148
Vug or cavity in a lode 77
Warren, the rabbit 260
Wells, holy 189
Witchcraft faith in general 88, 124
Witch's curse, the 94
Witch, the white, of Zennor 72
———— or pellar of Cury 90
———— of Helston 127
Wrath, the giant of Portreath 49
Zennor, white-witch of 79