The Ancient Language, and the Dialect of Cornwall: With an Enlarged Glossary of Cornish Provincial Words; Also an Appendix, Containing a List of ... Pentreath, the Last Known Person Who Spoke - Hardcover

Jago, Frederick William Pearce

9780666376626: The Ancient Language, and the Dialect of Cornwall: With an Enlarged Glossary of Cornish Provincial Words; Also an Appendix, Containing a List of ... Pentreath, the Last Known Person Who Spoke

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Excerpt from The Ancient Language, and the Dialect of Cornwall: With an Enlarged Glossary of Cornish Provincial Words; Also an Appendix, Containing a List of Writers on Cornish Dialect, and Additional Information About Dolly Pentreath, the Last Known Person Who Spoke the Ancient Cornish as Her Mother Tongue

These letters appeared to interest a good many per sons, and lists of provincial words were often asked for, but compliance was impossible without printing, and so, a glossary in the form here given was then decided on.

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