Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series
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Bottrell William. Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series
DUFFY AND THE DEVIL
Part First
Part Second
Celtic Monuments of Boleigh and Rosemodrass
Boleigh or Boleit
Menheres
Holed Stones, &c
The last Cardew, of Boskenna, and theStory of Nelly Wearne
Story of Nelly Wearne
The Witch of Burian Church-town
The Story of Madam Noy
A Queen's Visit to Baranhual
The Small People's Cow
Tom of Chyannor, the Tin-Streamer.A West-Country Droll
The Fairy Dwelling on Selena Moor.3
The I'an's House of Treen
The I'ans quit Treen
Unexpected Visitors
The Proud Pendars
The I'an's Ghosts
Castle Treen and its Legends
The Key of the Castle
Giants of Castle Treen
Dan Dynas
The Small People (Fairies)
St. Levan Witches
Traditions of Parcurno
Legends of St. Levan
St. Levan and his Sister
Johanna's Garden
The St. Levan Stone
Parchapel Well
A Legend of Pargwarra
The Tragedy of Sweet William and Fair Nancy
An' Pee Tregeer's Trip to Market on Hallan Eve
Pendeen of Old
How Piskey Left Boslow
An Overseer and a Parish Clerk of St. Justabout sixty years ago
The Fairy Master, or Bob o' the Carn
A Tinner's Fireside Stories
The Knockers of Ballowal
Tom and the Knackers
Old Songs and Nicknames
An Excursion to Chapel Uny Well,With a Legend of the Changeling of Brea Vean
The Changeling of Brea Vean
Betty Stogs's Baby.4
How a Morvah Man Bought Clothes for his Wife. [4]
How a Zennor Man Choked Himself, but had his Willin his Pocket.[4]
The Smugglers of Penrose
Part the First
Part the Second
Tregagle
West Country Superstitions
Devil's Money
The Slighted Damsel of Gwinear
The Wreck of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel
A Night's Ride to Scilly
Ancient Bridal Customs
Madron Well
The Crick-Stone, or Men-an-tol
Charms
The Fairy Tribes
Mermaids and the Hooper
The Wrecker and the Death Ship
The Sun Never Shines on Those Who Have "Sworn Away a Life."
A Legend of Pengersec
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes, &c
Miracle Plays, Christmas Plays, &c. Page 1
The Levelis, of Trewoof
Duffy and the Devil. Page 3
Pendre and Baranhual. Pages 63, 73, and 94
The Danes Landing on the Cornish Coast For Plunder. Pages 127-141
St. Levan's Path. Page 146
A Ghostly Ship's-Bell
Brea and Pendeen, in St. Just. Pages 42, 166, and 200
The Burning of Vellan-Dreath. Page 215
The Men-an-tol, Constantine Tolmen, &c. Page 242
The Garrack Zans (Holy Rock.)
Divination by Rushes and Ivy-leaves. Page 217
Recent Ill-wishing. Page 65
Midsummer Bonfires
The Mermaid of Zennor
Glossary of Local Words
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ASSOCIATED with Trove and the ancient family who lived, for many generations, in that pleasant place, there is a tradition that one old Squire Lovell wedded a poor girl solely because he believed her to be the best spinster and knitster in Buryan; but that all the fine stockings and other knitted garments with which she provided her husband were made by a devil. This droll formed the subject of an old Guise-dance (Christmas Play) which is all but forgotten: yet, in our youth, we have heard a few scenes rehearsed, which may be interesting as an example of a primitive drama of West Penwith, that may have succeeded, or been contemporary with, the miracle plays which, about three centuries ago, were acted in the Plan-an-gwarre, St. Just, and at the Church-town cross in most other western parishes. This uncouth piece shows something of the rude and simple humour of old times, when people were quite as innocent, though less fastidious, than in our days.
Great part of the dialogue appears to have been improvised, as the actor's fancy dictated. Yet there were some portions in rude verse, which would seem to have been handed down with little variation. Mimical gesticulation expressed much of the story; and when there was unwonted delay in change of scene, or any hitch in acting, in came the hobby-horse and its licenced rider, to keep the mirth from flagging. This saucy jester being privileged to say whatever he pleased, kept the audience in good humour by filling up such intervals with burlesque speeches on any matters which had taken place during the past year, that furnished fit subjects for ridicule.
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The Devil tickles the Squire behind the ears. He sits nearer and places his arm round her waist.
Here the Devil tickles them both. The Squire hugs and kisses Duffy, who makes less and less resistance.
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