Flora
Day with Furry DanceCornish American Connection
Director
Moira TangyeCornish language lessonCornish
SolidarityCornwall's last manned lighthouse
Cornwall's
Flora Day
Blending
Pagan Spring Rites
with
Christian Spring Celebration,
Flora
Day brings dancing to
the
streets at Helston
and
a battle of good over evil
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for Cornish video downloads...
Beginning
early on the morn, young Cornish couples go off to the wood to
break fast and to adorn themselves with greenery. Children and
young couples dressed in their finery dance in the streets behind
a Silver Band. Actors and singers re-enact St. Michael's slaying
of the devil
Director
Moira Tangye at Cornish American Connection offers
suggestions for those seeking information
about their Cornish heritage
A
minute (or two) with
Cornish
language teacher Pol Hodge
with
some very important phrases
your
granny should know...
perhaps
she does!
When
the English government failed to assist Cornish tin
miners, South Crofty -- Cornwall's last tin
mine -- shut down 6 March 1998.
Concerned
citizens formed the non-political Cornish Solidarity
After
centuries of providing storm-weary
ships with
beacon flashes and sonorous warning blasts, Cornwall's
last manned lighthouse goes computer
