Google "Dolly Pentreath" " Daines Barrington" A bit harsh to accuse 18th/19thC antiquarians for promoting the idea of Cornish quaintness. First out of the traps on that one are possibly the Cornish themselves. Genuine piskie keyring anyone? And before anyone gets hot under the collar, I live in Scotland, home of the haggis and Nessie, where we have authentic family tartans for any surname in the world. J On 19 May 2010, at 13:58, Nick Heard wrote: > Interesting. Any documentary evidence? E.g contemporary reports? The > nineteenth century was a period of great interest in things like > language > and culture, and one would expect there to be articles about the > language > surviving when it was widely regarded as having died out. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stephen" <kernowest@yahoo.co.uk> > To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:42 PM > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] CORNISH-GEN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 201 > > >> >> This old chestnut about Dolly Pentreath seems to run and run. >> Cornish fishermen used Cornish when at sea well into the late 19th >> century - if not later. >> >> I don't think it helps to continue this story which, after all, was >> dreamed up by condescending 'gentry' from over the border who >> (like some >> tourists today) regarded things Cornish as 'quaint' and somehow >> alien to >> the 'English' way of doing things. >> Stephen >> >> >> >>> Mr. Pentreath died at Mousehole ? descendant of the last speaker of >>> Cornish?? >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com >> >> Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription >> information >> http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription > information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message