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Legends of Ladock 1
The Prize Wrestler and Demon 3
The Feathered Fiend 12
The Ghosts of Kenegie 21
Laying Wild Harris’s Ghost 26
Cornish Castles 37
The Haunted Lawyer 39
Hallantide: or a St. Just Feast fifty years ago 48
Mill Stories 60
A Poor Tinner’s Feast 62
An old Droll about a Poor Tinner’s Feast 69
A Madron Feast of fifty years ago 73
Zennor Hearthside Stories 80
The Seaman’s Ghost 84
The Old Woman’s Ghost 88
The Mutton Feast of St. Ives 89
The Witch of Kerrow 91
Fairies on the Eastern Green 92
The last Threatened Invasion: Commotion and False Alarm
in the West 95
Mal Treloare and Sandry Kemp kiss and become good friends
again: or Backbiting Crull outwitted 97
The Three Geese 100
The Earl of Stairs’ Son 105
From Penzance to Carn Galva: Noteworthy objects by the way 114
Madron 114
Madron Well 115
Madron Chapel 117
Lanyon Quoit 117
Lanyon Town Place and House 119
The Crick-stone 119
Men Scryfa 121
The Four Parishes 121
The Giant of Carn Galva 122
The Penzance of our Grandfathers 126
The Old Market-House and its surroundings 126
The Battle of Architectural Styles 128
The Self-taught Architect 128
The Bustle of a Market Day 129
Madam Trezillian’s Head-Dress 130
The Ancient Fish-Women of Penzance 131
The School-days and Home of Pellew 131
The Western approach to Penzance 133
Parson Spry and his Wooden Horse and Dog “Sport” 133
The Rev. James Bevan 137
Country Clerks and Country Choirs 138
Old Christmas Carols 138
Ancient mode of conducting Funerals 139
Former means of information among the people 140
The Astrologers of the West 141
Conjurors and their Spells 142
Old Justice Jones 143
The Vingoes of Treville 143
Pellew and his Cornish crew 144
Ancient Games 144
Old methods of Conveyance—Riding Pillion 145
Popular Songs of the times, Marlbrook, and Sentimental
Ditties 145
Green Lanes and Footpaths 148
Pack-Saddles, &c. 148
Going to Town on Market-day 149
Early part of this Century 150
An old-fashioned greeting 151
The Ghosts of Chapel-street and St. Mary’s Chapel-yard 152
Local Nicknames 155
Merry-geeks and Market-Jew Crows 155
Ludgvan Hurlers and Gulval Bulls 155
Moushal Cut-throats and Newlyn Buckas 156
Sancras Pigs and Buryan Boars 156
St. Levan Witches, &c. 157
Santust Fuggans and Morvah Chick-chacks 158
Nancledrea Rats and Zennor Goats 158
Towednack Cuckoos and St. Ives Hakes 159
A Cornish Droll: Betty Toddy and her Gown 161
The Ghost-layer 171
Cornish Dialogue between two old men 173
A Dialogue between Gracey Penrose and Mally Trevisky 175
Christmas Carols 177
Ancient Midsummer Customs 179
The “Hilla” 181
The Ancient Cornish Language in the Colonies 183
According how et may drop 184
Cornish words in use 185
Cornish observances with regard to the Sun and Moon 187
Cornish Conjurors’ Charms against Witchcraft 190
All on one side, like Smoothy’s wedding 192
Piskies 193
Old Cornish Words 195
Glossary of Local Words 197
Subscribers’ Names 199