"...the Cornwall tapes."

 

Cornwall, Great Britain

- a Celtic nation -

celebrates Obby Oss,

a Cornish Festival

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Ancient pagan Cornish celebration - Obby Oss

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Cornish steam engine explained

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Cornish Studies Librarian Terry Knight

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Australian Cornish language teacher Lillian James

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Camborne School of Mines Director Keith Atkinson

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Cornish Obby Oss

Children gather round red 'oss at maypole

during Cornwall's national celebration

May Day in Cornwall brings
Obby Oss, the traditional
celebration of summer's arrival.
With the stallion as fertility symbol,
it is said maidens caught under his
skirt will conceive within the year

 

 

Trevithick Society Docent Kingsley Rickard explains the Cornish steam engine with tours of Michell and Taylor Engine Houses at Poole

 

 

 

 

Redruth Cornish Studies Librarian Terry Knight offers valuable insight for those global Cornish seeking information

 

 

 

 

Australian Cornish language instructor Lillian James teaches Grace in Kernewek

 

 

 

 

Camborne School of Mines Director Keith Atkinson speaks on a wide variety of subjects.   Would you like to glimpse your gramps' report card?

 

 

58 minutes

 

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Cornwall, Great Britain

A Celtic Nation.

 

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