The culture of Cornwall forms part of the culture of the United Kingdom, but has distinct customs, traditions and peculiarities. Cornwall has many strong...
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Cornwall (/ˈkɔːrnwɔːl, -wəl/ ; Cornish: Kernow [ˈkɛrnɔʊ] or [ˈkɛrnɔ]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations...
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culture. Etymology of "Cornwall" Common English name(s): Cornwall Common endonym(s): Kernow Adjectival(s): Cornish Demonym(s): Cornish Geography of Cornwall...
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The hundreds of Cornwall (Cornish: Keverangow Kernow) were administrative divisions or Shires (hundreds) into which Cornwall, the present day administrative...
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The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies (FOCS) was formed in 1924, on the initiative of Robert Morton Nance, with the objective of collecting and maintaining...
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Poldark (category Culture of Cornwall)
the series and published The Black Moon in 1973. Each of the novels is subtitled A Novel of Cornwall. In a preface to The Black Moon, Graham explained his...
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Cornwall had fallen under the control of Wessex, but it kept its own culture. In 1337, the title Duke of Cornwall was created by the English monarchy,...
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family, spoken in Cornwall Cornish people Cornish Americans Cornish Australians Cornish Canadians Cornish diaspora Culture of Cornwall Cornish may also...
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Cornish mythology (redirect from Folklore of Cornwall)
folk tradition and mythology of the Cornish people. It consists partly of folk traditions developed in Cornwall and partly of traditions developed by Britons...
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Cornwall's rugged landscape and scenery have been used by film and television companies as a backdrop for some of their productions. The most recent critically...
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St Ives School (redirect from St. Ives School of Art)
The town became a magnet for artists following the extension to west Cornwall of the Great Western Railway in 1877. Painter James McNeill Whistler and...
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Sport in Cornwall includes two sports not found elsewhere in the world, except in areas influenced by Cornish culture i.e. the Cornish forms of wrestling...
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Pixie (category Culture of Cornwall)
pisky, pixy, pixi, pizkie, piskie, or pigsie in parts of Cornwall and Devon) is a mythical creature of British folklore. Pixies are speculated to be particularly...
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Nations Modern celtic cultures Celtic culture (disambiguation) Culture of Cornwall Culture of Wales Culture of France BLOG BREIZH - Blog of information about...
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Stargazy pie (section In popular culture)
film Ladies in Lavender.[citation needed] Food portal Cornwall portal Culture of Cornwall List of pies, tarts and flans "stargazy pie". Oxford English...
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Ross Poldark (novel) (category Culture of Cornwall)
protagonist of the novel. As the book opens, it is 1783. Poldark returns to Cornwall after serving with the British army in the American Revolutionary War....
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Saint Piran (category Culture of Cornwall)
saint, possibly of Irish origin. He is the patron saint of tin-miners, and is also generally regarded as the patron saint of Cornwall, although Michael...
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Demelza (novel) (category Culture of Cornwall)
scholars who say that as the most popular fictional representations of Cornwall, they helped define a Cornish national identity. Book One covers May...
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Devon (redirect from Culture of Devon)
and Cornwall to the west. The city of Plymouth is the largest settlement, and the city of Exeter is the county town. The county has an area of 2,590 sq mi...
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"Mermaid of Zennor". 2015 saw the premier of "The Mermaid of Zennor" by Philip Harper, a work for brass band. Commissioned for the Cornwall Youth Brass...
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Hiraeth (category Culture of Cornwall)
University of Wales Dictionary, s.v. 'hiraeth' Williams, Robert (1865). Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in...
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Warleggan (novel) (category Culture of Cornwall)
the first time in the Poldark series, that in the "coastal triangle of Cornwall lying between Truro, St. Ann's, and St. Michael" there are exactly six...
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of rare books and manuscripts to help with education, research and the discovery of Cornish life and culture. The museum also highlights Cornwall's relationship...
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Edward Bolitho (category Culture of Cornwall)
as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall since 2011. Bolitho was born into a Cornish gentry family at Penzance, Cornwall, the elder son of Major Simon Edward Bolitho...
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Cornwall is a Celtic nation with a long musical history. Strengthened by a series of 20th century revivals, traditional folk music has a popular following...
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Cornish people (redirect from People from Cornwall)
People of Cornwall. cornwall.gov.uk, the website of Cornwall Council cornishculture.co.uk, an online guide to Cornish Celtic culture Portal: Cornwall...
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Cream tea (category Tea culture)
throughout England, especially Devon and Cornwall, and in some other parts of the Commonwealth. The origin of the cream tea is disputed, although there...
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The Four Swans (category Culture of Cornwall)
known between the two that Demelza and Hugh had a physical relationship. Cornwall portal Ellie Friedman and Joyce Carter (October 2014). "The Poldark Series...
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The National Maritime Museum, Cornwall (NMMC) is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth in Cornwall, England. The building was designed by architect...
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Gorsedh Kernow (redirect from Bard of Cornwall)
Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall. It is based on the Welsh-based...
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