Penhalvean Wandering Poems and things

 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...

 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...