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With a storm front coming through along with high tide I made my way to Botallack Mines, hoping for the perfect wave... 30 minutes of standing in furious winds and rain! It was actually easier walking UP the hill back to the car with the wind behind me than making my way down earlier fighting against the wind.
#photography #landscapephotography #cornwall #botallack #crownmines #storm #waves #lumix

#StMabyn Church is a #GradeIListed late 15th-century #ChurchOfEngland #parishChurch in St Mabyn, #Cornwall, United Kingdom. The church is dedicated to Saint Mabyn or Mabena, who was regarded in local tradition as one of the many children of #Brychan, a Welsh #saint and King of #Brycheiniog in the 5th century.

We were in your area doing a special discount and noticed some of your windows weren't double glazed #ruins #photography #cornwall

An innocent looking ruin perched on a bramble thicket. Someone had just recently done a shit in it.

Trump administration expresses interest in Cornish tin mine https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/05/trump-administration-cornish-tin-mine-south-crofty #Mining #Cornwall #UsForeignPolicy #TrumpAdministration #Commodities #TechnologySector #Business

Truro Cathedral at sunrise.

#nofilter #oneplus12 #truro #trurocathedral #cathedral #goldenhour #sunrise #Cornwall #river #riverallen

A cathedral illuminated by the rising sun, rising above rooftops and reflected in a river.

This Wharf, Mousehole, illustration is done for the moment. I'm really happy with how it looks and also that it includes a street and the sea.

#mousehole #cornwall #wharf #coast #illustration #printmaking #screenprinting

A colourful illustration of The Wharf, Mousehole, Cornwall showing the street, houses, boats and the sea.

"This is obviously embarrassing for Tesco but it is great if there was the intention to have signs in Cornish. I hope there will be replacement signs put up in the right language"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/04/tesco-sorry-for-putting-up-welsh-bilingual-signs-in-cornwall

#Language #Cornwall

RE: https://mastodon.online/@helenpugh/116017455297487687

Transcript:
Our next lady has a special place in my heart. Dorothy Pentreath was one of the last native speakers of Cornish and my family have always told me she is our ancestor. To be precise, according to my research, she was the sister of my great great great times something grandfather whose name was Nicholas Pentreath.

#cornwall #cornish #language #britishhistory

NEW PODCAST EPISODE RELEASED!!

Head to patreon.com/helencpugh

My podcast comes from my research of women throughout history for my books, which include Unsung Women in Somerset, On This Day in Somerset, Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales.

The podcast showcases women from England, South America and all across the globe.

#QOTD: Have you ever read a book set in Cornwall?

#podcast #newpodcast #podcastepisode #genderrights #womeninhistory #history #historical #cornwall #dorothypentreath

Restormel Castle #cornwall #doorsday

Wow #Heligan #LostGardens #Cornwall are already selling tickets for their Night Gardens this November! 😳

Tesco sorry for putting up Welsh bilingual signs in Cornwall https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/04/tesco-sorry-for-putting-up-welsh-bilingual-signs-in-cornwall #Cornwall #UkNews #Tesco #Supermarkets #RetailIndustry #Education #Wales

This is what The Wharf, Mousehole, is looking like. It is getting there. Somewhere.

#illustration #mousehole #cornwall #coast

A colourful illustration of The Wharf, Mousehole, Cornwall.

Devon and Cornwall railway lines closed ‘until further notice’ http://dlvr.it/TQljQ6 #Barnstaple #Cornwall #Devon #Disruption

Devon and Cornwall railway lines closed ‘until further notice’ http://dlvr.it/TQlj0Y #Barnstaple #Cornwall #Devon #Disruption

Devon and Cornwall railway lines closed ‘until further notice’ http://dlvr.it/TQlhdB #Barnstaple #Cornwall #Devon #Disruption

Les Lavandieres

Also known as the Midnight Washerwomen.

They are 3 old washerwomen in Celtic mythology. Names in various Celtic languages include the kannerezed noz in Brittney & the Bean nighe in Gaelic. They can also be found in the Celtic folklore of Iberia as Las Lavanderas in Cantabria, As lavandeiras in Galicia or Les Llavanderes in Asturias, & in Portugal are known as Bruxas lavadeiras.

The 3 old women go to the water’s edge at midnight to wash shrouds for those about to die, according to the myth & folklore of Brittany. Or to wash the bloodstained clothing of those who are about to die, according to Celtic mythology. The Midnight Washerwomen may be related to the old Celtic tradition of the triple goddess of death & slaughter.

The washerwomen are small, dressed in green & have webbed feet. Their webbed feet may be the reason they’re also sometimes called the cannard noz (meaning “night ducks”) in Breton folklore.

In Brittany, they can be ominous omen, foretelling death, either one’s own or a death in the family. They’re very agile & strong physically, even when they don’t look so. The Breton washerwomen wash graveclothes, usually at night, under the moonlight.

They’re known to ask passers-by for help in wringing clothes, breaking the arms of those who so so reluctantly drowning those who refuse. The laundry they wash is never just clothing. It’s the shroud of a person soon to die. Or the blood-stained linens of those they’ve already “claimed.”

The legend of the Lavandieres is deeply rooted in the social expectations of 18th & 19th century rural life. In Brittany, the myth was often used as a “cautionary tale” by the Church. Washing laundry was grueling, back-breaking work.

Doing laundry on Sunday was considered a sin of greed or pride. The Lavandieres were said to be women “undone by their own labor,” forced to wash for eternity because they didn’t respect the Sabbath.

In many versions, if a traveler encounters them, the hags will ask for help wringing out the wet linens. If you twist the cloth in the same direction as the washerwoman, you’ll be crushed or have your arms snapped. You must twist in the opposite direction to survive. This mirrors the folk-logic found in many religious exorcism rituals: countering the supernatural by reversing its motion.

In Ireland, they’re an ominous omen, foretelling death, either one’s own or a death in the family. The washerwomen of Ireland wash the bloodied shirts of those about to die.

In Scotland, if one can get between the washerwomen & the water, they’re required to grant 3 wishes in exchange for 3 questions answered truthfully. If you lie, the consequences are fatal. She’s often described as having only 1 nostril, a large protruding front tooth, & webbed feet. She wears green (the color of the fae). There’s also a tradition in Scotland of a single washer at the ford, the goddess Clotha, who gives the River Clyde its name.

In Wales & Cornwell, a passerby must avoid being seen by the washerwomen. If they do get seen however they’re required to help wring out the sheets. If they twist the sheets in the same direction as the washerwomen, the individual’s arms will wretched from their sockets & they’ll get pulled into the wet sheets & killed instantly. If, however, they twist in the opposite direction, the washerwomen are required to grant the person 3 wishes.

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