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Mike O'Connor

Cornish Folk Tales for Children

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JOIN JAMIE, the son of a travelling droll teller, as he journeys across Cornwall, a land steeped in myth and legend. Along the way you will hear mysterious and exciting tales like what happened when Bodrugan took his soldiers to capture Richard Edgcumbe, why the ghost of Lady Emma was never seen again, what proper job King Arthur gave the Giant and how St Piran came to settle in Cornwall.

These stories — specially chosen to be enjoyed by 7— to 11-year-old readers — sparkle with magic and explode with adventure. As old as the moors and as wild as the sea, they have been freshly re-told for today’s readers by storyteller Mike O’Connor.
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119 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2018
Publication year
2018
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    The Mermaid of Zennor
    Under the sea, between the Lizard and the Isles of Scilly is the lost land of Lyonesse, drowned by a great storm long ago. There were woods, fields and 140 parish churches. It stretched far to the west with a watchtower at the farthest point.
    Old folks say that when such a storm is about to happen again, you can hear the bell of the drowned village of Chy an Mor ringing out a warning and no good will come of it.
  • Isahas quoted3 years ago
    The Chough
    In Cornwall you may see a black bird with red legs and beak. Its call is intimate, its flight is hesitant. But it always returns to its roost. That bird is the Chough, the royal bird of Cornwall. You find its picture on old coats of arms, and that bird is none other than King Arthur.

    After his last battle Arthur was not seen again in human form. But he didn’t die; he sleeps at Avalon. When he wants to see his old kingdom, he turns into a Chough and flies over his native land. To this day he keeps an eye on Cornwall. If he’s ever needed he will return
  • Isahas quoted3 years ago
    Router and Bronn Wennili,’ said the carter, ‘the highest hills in Cornwall*.
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