Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series is by William Bottrell, with illustrations by Mr. Joseph Blight. The contents list names, among others, Duffy and the Devil (an old Christmas Play), Celtic Monuments of Boleigh and Rosemodrass, The Witch of Buryan Church-town and A Queen's visit to Baranhuel. The text says the Squire noticed that his wife ate no breakfast and, at dinner, seemed very sour and sad, and he says, "My dear wife, how is it that you have been so melancholy of late?"

The text says the ruined walls of St. Levan's baptistry will be found on a pretty level spot, as also some traces of rude steps on a pathway that connected this holy fount with an ancient chapel and burying-ground. The text says old folks of St. Levan said that in their younger days Parchapel Well, as they always called it, was, twice a year, regularly cleaned out and repaired. The text says that a few years ago a person digging close to the Tolven discovered a pit in which were fragments of pottery, arranged in circular order, the whole being covered by a flat slab of stone.