The “pellars” wore formerly magical rings, with a blue stone in them, said to have been formed by snakes breathing on hazel-twigs. Our country-people often searched for these stones.
[1] Some say you must neither whistle nor swear, but you may sing and laugh. [↑]
[2] All men are boys in Cornwall. [↑]
[3] Train-oil is expressed from them. [↑]
[4] To “bulk” pilchards is to place them, after they have been rubbed with salt, in large regular heaps, alternately heads and tails. [↑]