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Rodd, in his 'List of the Birds of Cornwall, does not mention either of these years as great years for Spoonbills, only saying, "Occasionally, and especially of late years, observed in various parts of the county; a flock of several was seen and captured at Gwithian; others have been obtained from the neighbourhood of Penzance, and also from Scilly."
Speculum Christiani. Here is a little story I found one day among the legends of the Cornish Saints, like a chip in porridge. If you love simplicity, I think it may amuse you. Lovey Bussow was wife of Daniel Bussow, a tin-streamer of Gwithian Parish.
"You'd best let a two-three of us stay the night and coax 'ee from frettin'. It's bad for the system, and you so soon over child-birth." Lovey opened her eyes wide on them. "Lord's sake!" she said, "you don't reckon I'm goin' to sit down under this? What? and him the beautifullest, straightest cheeld that ever was in Gwithian Parish! Go'st thy ways home, every wan.
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