Cornish literature refers to written works in the Cornish language. The earliest surviving texts are in verse and date from the 14th century. There are...
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important part of Cornish identity, culture and heritage. Since the revival of the language, some Cornish textbooks and works of literature have been published...
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The Cornish dialect (also known as Cornish English, Anglo-Cornish or Cornu-English; Cornish: Sowsnek Kernowek) is a dialect of English spoken in Cornwall...
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History of Cornwall (redirect from Cornish History)
needed] A popular Cornish literature, centred on the religious-themed mystery plays, emerged in the 14th century (see Cornish literature) based around Glasney...
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Cornish people. Some Cornish writers have reached a high level of prominence, e.g. William Golding, who won the Nobel Prize for literature (in 1983), D. M...
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Culture of Cornwall (redirect from Cornish culture)
of Jack the Giant Killer.[citation needed] The earliest Cornish literature is in the Cornish language and Cornwall produced a substantial number of passion...
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The Cornish people or Cornish (Cornish: Kernowyon, Old English: Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall and a recognised...
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list of literature pages categorized by country, language, or cultural group. Sometimes these literatures will be called national literatures because...
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Identifying the last native speaker of the Cornish language was a subject of academic interest in the 18th and 19th centuries, and continues to be a subject...
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a Cornish poet, dramatist, novelist, editor, academic and teacher. He was the author of a number of works on Cornish and Anglo-Cornish literature. Kent...
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Ordinalia (redirect from Cornish Ordinalia)
plays dating to the late fourteenth century, written primarily in Middle Cornish, with stage directions in Latin. The three plays are Origo Mundi (The Origin...
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Examples of Cornish Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age structures are Chûn Quoit, Boscawen-Un and Chysauster Ancient Village. First Cornish hedges. Mining...
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Dolly Pentreath (redirect from Last Cornish speaker)
1692 – 26 December 1777) was a Cornish fishwife from Mousehole. She is one of the last known fluent speakers of the Cornish language. She is also often credited...
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Danmonians that I spake of is now commonly called Denshire, [or] by the Cornish-Britains 'Dewnan', and by the Welsh Britains 'Duffneint' [sic], that is...
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List of revived languages (section Cornish)
allowed Cornish to be reconstructed by a small group of Celtic enthusiasts in the 20th century as part of the Celtic Revival. These Cornish language...
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being British Crown Dependencies). This includes literature in Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Latin, Cornish, Anglo-Norman, Guernésiais, Jèrriais, Manx, and Irish...
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Englyn (category Cornish literature)
Englyn (pronounced [ˈɛŋ.lɪn]; plural englynion) is a traditional Welsh short poem form. It uses quantitative metres, involving the counting of syllables...
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Stannary law (section Cornish Stannary Parliament)
of the districts of each stannary. The Cornish stannaries were suspended in 1496, the year before the Cornish Rebellion of 1497. Henry VII restored them...
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Pasty (redirect from Cornish pastie)
A pasty (/ˈpæsti/) or Cornish pasty is a British baked pastry, a variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, but has spread all over the...
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Kresen Kernow (redirect from Cornish Studies Centre)
Kresen Kernow (Cornish for Cornwall Centre) in Redruth, United Kingdom is Cornwall's archive centre, home to the world's biggest collection of archive...
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Dumnonia (category Articles containing Cornish-language text)
survives today in the name of the county of Devon (Modern Welsh: Dyfnaint, Cornish: Dewnans, Breton: Devnent). There is evidence, based on an entry in the...
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Fisherman's Friends (category Cornish folk music groups)
February 2011. Gifford, Ralph (7 February 2011). "Ship comes in at last for Cornish folk singers". The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 February 2001. "The...
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Cornwall (category Articles containing Cornish-language text)
-wəl/; Cornish: Kernow; Cornish pronunciation: [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]; or [ˈkɛrnɔ]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic...
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The Cornish language revival (Cornish: dasserghyans Kernowek, lit. ''resurrection of Cornish'') is an ongoing process to revive the use of the Cornish language...
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Cornish devolution is the movement to increase the governing powers of the County of Cornwall. In 1066, much of Cornwall was invaded by the Normans and...
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literature British literature Cornish literature English literature Manx literature Jèrriais literature Scottish literature Scots-language literature...
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modern context literature in the English language by writers of Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Scottish or Breton extraction. Literature in Scots and Ulster...
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Specimens of Middle Cornish texts are given here in Cornish and English. Both texts have been dated within the period 1370–1410 and the Charter Fragment...
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Broiler (redirect from Cornish-Rock)
semen into the vagina. Modern commercial broilers, for example, Cornish crosses and Cornish-Rocks,[citation needed] are artificially selected and bred for...
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Gorsedh Kernow (redirect from Cornish Gorseth)
Gorsedh Kernow (Cornish Gorsedd) is a non-political Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic...
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