Trees of Padstow – The Blackthorn
“Of all the trees that grow so fair, Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun Than Oak and Ash and Thorn.” Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906) […]
Category Archives: Folklore
Happy St Patrick’s Day to our Celtic Cousins
Hag stones
HAG STONE – SACRED, POWERFUL, MAGICALHag stones, also called holey stones, holed stone, fairy stones, Odin stones, spindle whorl or adder stones are stones with a naturally occurring hole through […]
White Lady Waterfall – Lydford Gorge
Lydford gorge and the white lady falls I think when anybody visits an area they always like to see the highest, longest, shortest, deepest or oldest features that are on […]
Sirens of Tregudda Gorge
The Sirens of Tregudda Gorge In the spring of 1928 a young man called Cecil Morgan came to Cornwall to stay with his cousins at Hawker’s Cove near Padstow. The […]
Fairy rings at Park Hd
My Mum always told us don’t fall asleep inside a fairy ring you won’t wake up in this world. Do you dare enter a fairy ring? The mythical mushroom portals […]
Woon Gumpus
THE GUMP (WOON GUMPUS COMMON) The Gump This is a barren plain right below Carn Kenidzhek. It is a well known haunt of the fairies, and this wild stretch of […]
Chûn Castle
Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort (ringfort) near Penzance in Cornwall. The fort was built about 2,500 years ago, and fell into disuse until the early centuries AD […]
Gool Piran Lowen!
St Piran’sday march in Truro Each year a large number of events, which focus on Cornwall’s distinct culture and identity, are held to celebrate St Piran’s Day. This includes the […]
Gool Peran Lowen, Onen Hag Oll
Gool Peran Lowen, Onen Hag Oll (Happy St Peran’s Day, One and all. According to legend, St Piran was born in Ireland in the 6th century. He was renowned for […]
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