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Mazey Day
Golowan (sometimes also Goluan) is the Cornish language word for the Midsummer celebrations in Cornwall, UK; they were widespread prior to the late 19th century and most popular in the Penwith area and in particular in Penzance. The celebrations began on Saint John's Eve, St John's Eve (23 June) with bonfires, fireworks, dancing and music, followed by a fair around the town quay on Midsummer Day (feast of John the Baptist, St John the Baptist, 24 June) and were repeated on St Peter's Eve (28 June) and Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, St Peter's Day. In 2021, Golowan commissioned an exhibition which celebrated 30 years of the revived festival and explored the historical roots of Penzance's Midsummer revels. It included extensive 19th century newspaper extracts including many first-hand accounts of events across the town, including the wider context of Midsummer bonfires across Europe. The midsummer bonfire ceremonies (''Tansys Golowan'' in Cornish) were revived at St Ives, Corn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Jonas' Festival
Saint Jonas' Festival, also known as ''Rasos'' (''Dew Holiday''), ''Joninės'', ''Kupolė'', Midsummer Day or Saint John's Day) is a midsummer folk festival celebrated on 24 June all around Lithuania. The celebrations often involve flower wreaths, bonfires and torchlit processions, and music and dancing. Background The festival is a Christan festival celebrated widely in the Baltics, and is celebrated the night before the Feast Day of Saint John the Baptist. This coincides with the summer solstice, when the day is longest and the night the shortest in the year, and so the festival also has pagan roots. The festival is also called Rasos or Kupolė (the Feast of the Dews). Celebrations may include reference to the hunt for the magic fern flower, torchlight processions, and traditional dance and music. A bonfire or pyrotechnics shows are also common elements of the celebrations, as well as weaving flower crowns out of flowers and herbs. Some rituals involved girls decorating a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jāņi
Jāņi () is an annual Latvians, Latvian festival celebrating the summer solstice. Although, astronomically the solstice falls on the 21st or 22nd of June, the public holidays—Līgo Day and Jāņi Day—are on the 23rd and 24th of June. The day before Jāņi is known as Līgosvētki, Līgovakars or simply known as Līgo. On Jāņi, people travel from the city into the countryside to gather and eat, drink, sing and celebrate the solstice by observing the ancient folk traditions relating to renewal and fertility. It is celebrated both in Latvia and in many areas where the Latvian diaspora lives such as the United States, Canada, Argentina, and Australia. Etymology The name stems from the pre-Christian Latvian name of Jānis and had been found in written sources as early as the 19th century. The name stems from the verb ''jāt'' 'to come/ride/go' as a reference to the passage of the seasons and the advance of the cosmic flow. The name ''Līgo'' or ''Līgosvētki'' was first u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Cornwall
Cape Cornwall (, meaning "goose back") is a small headland in West Cornwall, England. It is north of Land's End near the town of St Just.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' Until the first Ordnance Survey in the early 19th-century, Cape Cornwall was believed to be the most westerly point in Cornwall.Joseph, Peter. 2006. ''Cape Cornwall Mine. British Mining No. 79.'' Sheffield: Northern Mine Research Society; p. 111. . Most of the headland is owned by the National Trust. National Coastwatch has a look-out on the seaward side. The only tourist infrastructure at present is a car park (owned by the National Trust), public toilets, and a refreshments counter during the summer. The Brisons, two offshore rocks, are located approximately southwest of Cape Cornwall. They mark the starting line of the annual swimming race ending at Priest Cove. Etymology The name Cape Cornwall appeared first on a maritime chart around the year 1600. The original Cornish name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Just In Penwith
St Just (), also known as St Just in Penwith, is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives, Cornwall, St Ives to the A30 road. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of Trewellard, Pendeen and Kelynack: it is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to the south and by the sea in the west. The parish consists of of land, of water and of foreshore. The town of St Just is the most westerly town in mainland Britain and is situated approximately west of Penzance along the Great Britain road numbering scheme, A3071. St Just parish, which includes Pendeen and the surrounding area, has a population of 4,637 (2011 census). St Just in Penwith (electoral division), An electoral ward of the same name also exists: the population of this ward at the same census was 4,81 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mevagissey
Mevagissey (; ) is a village, fishing port and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. GENUKI website; Mevagissey; retrieved April 2010 The village is approximately five miles (8 km) south of . The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,015, whereas the ward population at the same census was 4,354. The village nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours are busy with a mixture of pleasure vessels and working fishing boats. It has a thriving fishing industry and is the second biggest fishing port in Cornwall. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Ann Courtney
Margaret Ann Courtney (16 April 1834 – 12 May 1920) was a Cornish poet and folklorist based in Penzance, Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, .... Family life Margaret Ann Courtney was born at Penzance in 1834, the eldest daughter of Sarah Mortimer Courtney and John Sampson Courtney.William Henry Kearley Wright''West Country Poets: Their Lives and Works''(E. Stock 1896): 122. Her mother was from Scilly; her father from Devon. One brother, John Mortimer Courtney, was a government official in Canada; another, Leonard Henry Courtney, was a British politician. Her younger sister Louise d'Este Courtney married Richard Oliver, a New Zealand politician from Cornwall. Publications M. A. Courtney is perhaps best known for her book ''Cornish Feasts and Folk-Lore'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Peter
Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels, as well as the Acts of the Apostles. Catholic and Orthodox tradition treats Peter as the first bishop of Rome – or pope – and also as the first bishop of Antioch. Peter's leadership of the early believers is estimated to have spanned from AD 30 or 33 to his death; these dates suggest that he could have been the longest-reigning pope, for anywhere from 31 to 38 years; however, this has never been verified. According to Christian tradition, Peter was crucified in Rome under Emperor Nero. The ancient Christian churches all venerate Peter as a major saint and the founder of the Church of Antioch and the Church of Rome, but they differ in their attitudes regarding the autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porthleven
Porthleven (; ) is a town, civil parish and fishing port in Cornwall, England. The most southerly port in Great Britain, it was a harbour of refuge when this part of the Cornish coastline was infamous for wrecks in the days of sail. The South West Coast Path from Somerset to Dorset passes through the town. The population at the 2011 census was 3,059. History Methleigh was the site of a fair and annual market from the year 1066. After the Norman Conquest, the Bishop of Exeter held the manor of Methleigh, but the Earl of Cornwall possessed the right to hold the fair. At the time of the Domesday Survey there were of arable land, of pasture and of underbrush. The population consisted of 15 villeins, 4 smallholders and 3 serfs. Until 1844 Porthleven was within the parish of Sithney. The parish Church of St Bartholomew was built in 1842. The name Porthleven is probably connected with St Elwen or Elwyn, whose chapel existed here before 1270. It was rebuilt about 1510, but dest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Explosives Act 1875
The Explosives Act 1875 ( 38 & 39 Vict. c. 17) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and amended statutes relating to explosives. Background On 2 October 1874, two barges carrying gunpowder ignited and exploded in the Macclesfield Canal, which became known as the Macclesfield Bridge Disaster. Four people were killed and the bridge was destroyed. The disaster led to efforts to reform explosives law in the United Kingdom. Passage Leave to bring in the Explosive Substances Bill was granted to the home secretary, R. A. Cross , Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson , and William Henry Smith on 25 February 1875. The bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 25 February 1875, presented by the home secretary, R. A. Cross . During debate, the home secretary described the key changes of the Bill, including: * Requiring manufacturers to submit plans to the Home Secretary before seeking local licensing * Introducing registration requirements for r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media In Cornwall
The media in Cornwall has a long and distinct history. The county has a wide range of different types and quality of media. History Timeline Background Cornwall's geography, a long, narrowing peninsula, pointing into the Atlantic, made travel by land (Cornwall is only joined to Devon by a short four-mile stretch of land—the River Tamar divides the rest) slow, unreliable and poor. (Crossing the Tamar was by a few ancient stone bridges and two ferries to Plymouth). Selling and distribution of market goods used the sea and major rivers. However, improved telecommunications stimulated growth in the ports of Cornwall and the exchange of goods, particularly of mining products, like copper and tin. It also led to previously unexplored markets being discovered, for example arsenic, a by-product of tin production, was exported to the US, where it was used in the production of pesticides in the cotton fields. Before the arrival of mass media in Cornwall and telegraphy, since 1688, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
