| Randigal
Rhymes and Glossary of Cornish Words
Author:
Joseph Thomas
Copyright:
1895
Description:
139 pages plus preface xii. Joseph
Thomas lived at St. Michael's Mount, Marazion; he took the greatest
interest in the dialect of his native Cornwall. More importantly he was a
writer and collector of comic prose perhaps unequalled in Cornwall.
This book has 55 pages of rhymes, which
are known as Randigal Rhymes, randigal being the dialect
word for nonsensical. This is followed by a few pages of charms as used by
local pellars. Next comes a few pages of local proverbs and phrases and
rhymes used by children whilst at play. A very exhaustive Cornish dialect
glossary of 70 pages follows, these are words that Joseph Thomas met with
personally rather than gathering them secondhand. Lastly is a list of
subscribers.
This book is sure to delight anyone who
has an interest in the lives of the common man & woman in the Cornwall
of the late 1800s.
Item: BB012
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