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Festivals in Cornwall: Cornish Hurling, Golowan Festival, Aberfest, 'Obby 'Oss Festival, Cornish Festivals, Mummer's Day, Furry Dance

Festivals in Cornwall: Cornish Hurling, Golowan Festival, Aberfest, 'Obby 'Oss Festival, Cornish Festivals, Mummer's Day, Furry Dance


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Chapters: Cornish Hurling, Golowan Festival, Aberfest, 'obby 'oss Festival, Cornish Festivals, Mummer's Day, Furry Dance, West Cornwall May Day Celebrations, St Piran's Day, John Knill, Nickanan Night, Tom Bawcock's Eve, Allantide, Bolster Day, Picrous Day, Guldize, Crying the Neck, Chewidden Thursday, Bodmin Riding, Dehwelans Kernow, Port Eliot Festival, Marhamchurch Revel. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 88. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hurling or Hurling the Silver Ball (Cornish: ), is an outdoor team sport of Celtic origin played only in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It is played with a small silver ball. It is not to be confused with the Irish game of the same name which allows the use of sticks. Once played widely in Cornwall, the game has similarities to other traditional football or inter parish 'mob' games, but certain attributes make this version unique to Cornwall. It is considered by many to be Cornwall's national sport along with Cornish wrestling. An old saying in the Cornish language goes; "hyrl an yw gen gwar nyi" which translated into English means, "Hurling is our sport" Although the custom attracts fewer spectators, the annual hurling matches at St. Columb Major have the same status in the Cornish calendar as the 'Obby 'Oss festival at Padstow and the Furry Dance at Helston in that all three are unique customs that have survived unchanged and have taken place annually since before records began. The ball for hurling is made of sterling silver which is hammered into two hemispheres and then bound around a core of applewood which is held together with a band of silver. The band hold screws or nails which hold the ball together. Normally a motto would appear on the band, such as "Town and country - Do your best!." In St Columb the ball was crafted for many ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1448917


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155702322
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 90
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 145 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155702328
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Cornish Hurling, Golowan Festival, Aberfest, 'Obby 'Oss Festival, Cornish Festivals, Mummer's Day, Furry Dance
  • Width: 229 mm


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