[5] A fuller account of Tregeagle and his wonderful doings may be found in Bottrell’s Traditions, West Cornwall. [↑]
[6] A monastery existed there, and in 1883 portions of the building were still standing. [↑]
[7] A gentleman’s seat in the parish of Gulval, near Penzance. [↑]
[8] There is a small enclosure near the castle, where several members of the family of Hosking were interred, owing to a quarrel that Mr. Hosking had with the vicar of Ludgvan over some tithes. The last funeral took place in 1823. On one of the stones is inscribed, “It is virtue alone that consecrates this ground,” and “Custom is the idol of fools.” [↑]
[9] The Penzance Promenade is built on part of it. In my childhood it was said to be one of the resorts of “Spring-heeled Jack,” of whom I then lived in mortal dread. [↑]
[10] A small stream coloured by running through tin mining works. [↑]
[11] Marazion is no longer a Corporate town. [↑]
[12] Dennis is a very common Cornish surname. [↑]
[13] “Old Monk” is a term of contempt in Cornwall, applied to old or young men. “I saw the old monk coming down the garden” (a youth of twenty). [↑]