Traditions And Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall
The book Traditions And Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall was written by author Bottrell, William, 1816-1881 Here you can read free online of Traditions And Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Traditions And Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall a good or bad book?
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Bridges then were few, and for the most part made by placing flat slabs to rest on the stepping-stones in some of the deej>est streams, for the convenience of foot passengers. These old foot-bridges were ugly things to cross by night and the stepping-stones were worse." "We have all heard about the old stepping-stones in Nan- cherrow Water," said the tinner, who finished the foregoing story, "how, after day-down, no one could jjass over them in going to Church-town without some mishap, and no p...erson would venture to return that way until daj-break. Shortly before the 170 an' pee teegeee s trip to market. first bridge was built there, one of the overseers was a farmer ■who lived in tlie North of St. Just. Few persons then could either write or read, except one here and there, who passed for a great scholar if he could sign his name and read a chapter in the Psalter without much spelling. The overseer not knowing how to write or cipher, kept the accounts of his monthly disbursements on the dairy-door, in round o's for shillings and long chalks for pence.
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