Brass Bands and the Temperance Movement by Tony Mansell
Teetotalism is the abstinence from alcoholic beverages and in this article, Tony Mansell considers how it impacted on brass bands. To begin, however, he reflects
Category: Dialect
Herbert Lean By David Oates (Dialect Story Men)
David Oates, himself a superb deliverer of Cornish dialect stories, brings us an article about Herbert Lean who he describes as the master storyteller. To
“She Iddn Like We Poor Sawl” by Maid Lowenna (The Late Wonderful Joy Stevenson)
Nex ta we av just bin sawld New parties av moved in, They’m sumwhere frum uplong A pia-ace they da call Kings Lynn. They’m daicunt
BYGONE DAYS by Les Rendell
Life wanders on, year in, year out, apaceAs melancholy haunts the backward gaze;But memory holds alive those years of graceOf Cornish childhood, golden bygone days.
DAY’S END by Les Rendell
‘Tes time to riddle out grate, mautherAn’ to maake us desh o’ tay,Fer be gwain up temberen ‘ill, mautherIn coose fer anawther day. ‘Twas ‘ansum,
A Bit of Chat with Maid Lowenna more about Feythurr
Feythurr ubbum bin zackly since tha awld lecksuns, tha chap ee vawted fun dedun git in saw ee bin taisy uz a snaake ever since,
Bit Of Chat With Maid Lowenna – Feythur’s In Tha Village Band
Now, Feythur dedun zackly blaw in tha village band, knaw, ee banged tha great drum. Uz you da knaw ee idden very big, ees like
CHANCE ENCOUNTER by Les Rendell
Where be ‘ee goin’ to, me ‘ansome?Ted’n often I see ‘ee round ‘ere,Why ’tis more’n sennight I saw ‘eeOff down to the kiddley for beer.
JOY STEVENSON – Our very own Maid Lowenna
Sadly both Joy and her wonderful dedicated husband Stan have passed on, but hopefully they are somewhere together. Knowing them both very well I would
A POACHER’S LAMENT by Les Rendell
John Polgreen were hardly a shammickAn’ a pattic would do ‘en bit shortBut drulgy he was an’ a drunkardAn’ oftimes he landed in court. Mazed
EVEN MORE CHAT with Maid Lowenna – Joy Stevenson
I bin Trurra day furr bit shoppun. Tha plaace wuz boilun with people yewd think twuz Cow day. Mind, I da reckon tha shops in
“Things We Da Say” by Maid Lowenna – Joy Stevenson
Launder – Guttering. Grushunns – The dregs especially tea leaves. Wisht uz a winnurd – Feeling and looking ill, miserable. Winnard is a bird like
A Little Bit More Chat With Maid Lowenna by Joy Stevenson
Donkey shays were a means of transport for many Cornish years ago; miners, especially, used them to get to their work each day. It was
A Bit of Chat With Maid Lowenna Can she Dance Tha Flora by Joy Stevenson
Twuz cauld und raw und dimmitty Tha night Jaw `Awke cum round. We wuz scriffun round tha awld slab Twuddun night fun `orse nor `ound.