At Marytavy, in the churchyard, is the tombstone of John Hawkins, blacksmith, 1721:—
Here buried were some years before,
His two wives and five children more:
One Thomas named, whose fate was such
To lose his life by wrestling much.
Which may a warning be to all
How they into such pastimes fall.
There is a Cornish ballad of a wrestling match between Will Trefry and “Little Jan” that ends thus:—
Then with a desperate toss