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Bolingey Furry
Bolingey Furry danced by Tan Ha Dowr for COrnwall Heritage Trust’s COrnish DAnce in Schools project. Bolingey is a small village on the outskirts of Perranporth. This furry dance was written in 1994 by Laura White, one of the group members, to commemorate the village and its annual fair. The
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Harry & Carrie – engaging the community in Clay Country Traditions
Harry & Carrie – engaging the community in Clay Country Traditions
Merv and Alison Davey take on the persona of Harry and Carrie  two itenerant entertainers from the 1900s to provide workshops and talks about the folk traditions of the Clay Country.
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St Austell Church Tower Piper
St Austell Church Tower Piper
The piper on the top of St Austell church tower serenades the streets of St Austell. . We know little about the carving of the piper except that it presumably dates to the building of the church in 1500 making it one of the oldest depictions of bagpipes in Cornwall.
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Music and the Folk Traditions of the Clay Country
Music and the Folk Traditions of the Clay Country
The Clay Country is rich in stories and folk traditions together with the music, songs and dances that go with them.
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Harry and Carrie: itinerant Clay Country entertainers
Harry and Carrie: itinerant Clay Country entertainers
A series of postcards provide us with some wonderful images of two itinerant entertainers from the area in the 1900s, “Harry and Carrie”.
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Forty Thieves
“Forty Thieves” is an interesting example of a “jobbing tune” in John Old’s manuscripts. Here it is played as a jig for dancing, but it is related to a Cornish carol called “The First Good Joy That Mary Had” and also one of the tunes to which the rather more
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Not Too Young To Marry Yet
From the manuscript of Michael Harris, St Stephen in Brannel, 1858
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Stony Steps
Michael Harris was a flutist who played in a chapel band at St Stephen in the 1850s. Kresen Kernow hold some of his music manuscripts, mostly hymn tunes arranged in four parts, but pinned in between these he has included the score for a reel called Stoney Steps.
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St Picrous Night
St Picrous Night
Today St Picrous night is celebrated at the Kings Arms in Luxulyan. The story is retold at the beginning of the evening and leads naturally to a traditional Cornish “Shout” or singing session.
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Cornwall For Me
"Cornwall For Me" was written by Oscar Yelland and entered for the Kernow Pan Celtic competition in 1989
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