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Blog No. 26 Joseph of Arimathea

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  JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA  The Legend The great uncle of Jesus, Joseph of Arimathea was  a "noble decurion"  in charge of mines and metal-trading who traded for metal around the known world. He owned several ships and following the stoning of Stephen he brought together a small band of his friends which included Martha, the three Mary's, Salome, Lazarus, Zachaeus, the twelve disciples and his family and servants. It was agreed that the time had come to leave Judea. They made their preparations and cast off from shore,  sailing along the coast of the Mediterranean until they came to Marseilles. Here Lazarus chose to remain and was its first missionary and later, Bishop; his name is perpetuated in one of the churches there. Mary said that she wanted to go onto the land of her mother with Joseph and so the party moved on towards Brittany   Their journey took them along the Rhone valley, the trade route familiar to Joseph, his party dwindling as one and th...
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Blog 27. Fish in the seas around Cornwall in the 18th - mid-19th Centuries.

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 Blog 27. Fish in the seas around Cornwall in the 18th - mid-19th Centuries. Names Of Fish 1700 Cornwall "The names of fish found last century are listed below. Many names are unfamiliar, and some are probably no longer in existence. I will not attempt to translate them into modern-day language. All in all, the sea around Cornwall in the mid seventeen to eighteen hundred was a place of rich harvests. But all this was one day to come to an end. I have turned his text into a poem, and I would love to know how many of these species can still be found in the waters around Cornwall? Redding in his 1842 journal of his journey through Cornwall  gives us the following: In Cornwall's sea, a bounty did unfold, A treasure trove of fish, both new and old. The porbeagle, known as the sea attorney's bane, Chased small fish, with the strength it did maintain.   The fox-shark, named the thresher, fierce and strong, Its tail would thrash the grampus all day long. Skates and rays, with tai...
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 Blog No. 26  Quakers of the Lands End ( An Acrostic Poem.)     Q uesting the people they came U nderstood little, but they’d heard his name   A man of God whom they came to hear K nowledge from the bible His voice so clear.  E llis family from Sennen came to St Ives R ead’s, Vingoe and Tonkyn by their side S lowly, the wrong people were stirring it up   O f Major Ceely, the magistrate seeking control F ox the preacher called for peace   T hen Ceeley put an end to his speech H e arrested Fox and a companion E ventually, they were taken by Jailer Lanyon   L aunceston castle became their abode. A sentence to spend time in the Doomsdale N ine weeks in a living hell, they live to tell the tale. D etermined to spread the truth across the land S ennen Society of friends, a community of love   E nduring hardships, they joined hand...
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Blog No. 25 : Did Jesus visit Cornwall?

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When I first came to live in Cornwall in 1959 I took a boat trip on the Fal. The boatman took us into the St Just in Roseland Creek to see "something very special," We landed and visited the beautiful church where he pointed out the stone with the early Christian symbol and went on to tell us how Jesus had visited the spot with his uncle as a young man. We then went outside to the seashore where he pointed out the shape of what he said was Jesus's footprint in a rock. I do not know if this story is still told around the area but it fascinated me and so in 2002 when I was building the first website for the Morrab Library in Penzance I came across a small book by  The Rev. H. A. Lewis  on this subject I decided to   spend some time time researching it. I also did the tale of Joseph, and some of the disciples coming to live in Briton after the crucifixion. This is part one of the stories from my research. Part two will follow. I put both stories on a website about Cornish Le...
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