MEVAGISSEY, Cornwall
Once called Porthilly
Old parish name Limorrick
well known for Pilchards
MEVAGISSEY, Cornwall
Once called Porthilly
Old parish name Limorrick
well known for Pilchards
LONDON APPRENTICE, Cornwall
St. Austell hamlet
a tin-mining settlement
A true Cornish place
I have written three versions of this word because it is very complicated to explain in 17 syllables.
ABRACADABRA – Ab’r achad ab’ra (Aramaic and/or Arabic origin
1.Concerning the bull
it’s the one and only one
a name for the sun
2. Used by magicians
to perform their magic tricks
a magical spell
3. A magical spell
inscribed on an amulet
to cure deadly ills
For those readers with a mind to do so, I hope you ask yourself the question: is there such a thing as magic? Sir James George Frazer in his book the Golden Bough thought so.
He explained that contagious and homeopathic magic (both generally referred to as sympathetic magic) were valid and practiced throughout the world in one form or another. This magic (these magics) basically formed the basis of our religions.
I have always wanted to throw the cat among the pigeons Ah yes! it’s a full moon.
Come to Good, Cornwall
Cwm ty Coit Cornish
Thought to mean coombe in the wood
Quaker it turns out
PONSANOOTH, cornwall
Cornish Pons an Woodh
meaning the bridge at the stream
Near Kennal river
PETTY FRANCE, Gloucestershire
Not remrkable
not much history to tell
not written, that is.
TOPONYM
Word for a place name
Especially one derived
from local features
WYRE PIDDLE, Worcestershire
famous brewery
Brewed “Piddle in the Hole” beer
On Piddle Brook
FICTILE
Of or relating
to pottery, baked thrown clay
painted and then glazed.
MORETON in MARSH, Gloucestershire
Farmstead on the moor
Romans, Saxons came after
Iron-age settlers
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