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Preface

iv

The Giants of Towednack

9

——Carn Galva

47

——Trecrobben and the Mount

49

The Giant of Portreath

49

——Bolster of St. Anns

50

The Piskey-led Traveller's Ride over the Hills

52

Uter Bosence and the Piskey

57

The old wandering Droll-teller of the Lizard and his story of the Mermaid and the Man of Cury

63

The White-Witch or Charmer of Zennor

72

Annual Visit of the West-country folks to the Pellar of Helston to have their protection renewed

115

The Pellar and Tom Treva's Cows

121

—O Ghost of Stythians

125

—Ghost-layer

138

Betty Toddy and her Gown; a St. Just Droll

140

Sketches in Penzance

150

The Self-taught Architect of the Land's-end

152

—School-days and Home of Pellew

156

Parson Spry and his Wooden Horse

159

Cornish Pulpit Retorts forty years ago

162

The Ghosts of Chapel-street and St. Mary's Chapel-yard

165

A Legend of Tolcarn

168

Newlyn, our Jan's Brath, and the Particular Lodger

169

Mousehole, Part 1; The Haunted Mansion of the Keigwins

172

——2; Dolly Pentreath

178

Nancy Trenoweth, the fair Daughter of the Miller of Alsia

185

Lamorna Cove: The Dwelling of Chenance: Joan's Trip to Penzance on Christmas Eve

206

Bosava: The Demon Mason and Lenine the Cobbler

228

Trewoof, and the Old Mansion of the Levelis

236

The Haunted Chamber and the Maltsman

249

—Gardens of Trewoof

252

—Haunted Mill-pool of Trove and the Crusaders

266

Index