The Cornish Year

The important dates and customs that make up the Cornish Calender

• Nickanan Night
• St Piran's Day
• Easter
• The May Horns
• Padstow 'Obby Oss
• Helston Furry
• Other May Celebrations
• Golowan & Midsummer
• Bodmin Riding
• Crying the Neck & Guldize
• Allantide
• Picrous Day
• Chewidden Thursday
• Tom Bawcock's Eve
• Nadelik & Montol
• Feast days and fairs
• Newer Festivals

Cornish Cuisine

Distinctive foods from the land of the pasty and clotted cream.

• Pies and Pasties
• Fish recipes
• Curious foods no longer eaten
• Clotted Cream
• Saffron Cakes and Tea Treat buns
• Heavy of "Hevva" Cake

Cornish Literature and Drama.

• The Cornish Miracle Plays
• Cornish Legends
• Plain an Gwarry

Ancient Monuments.

Explore the vast arrray of Ancient monuments that grace the Cornish Countryside.

• Quoits, Stone Circles and Fogou

Cornish Music

From Celtic music to Male Voice choirs. Explore the rich Cornish musical heritage.

• Cornish Bagpipes.
• Choirs and Brass bands.
• Troyls and Nos Lowen.
• Traditional Cornish Folk Songs
• The Cornish Carol or Curl
• The Cornish National Anthem
• The Cornish musicians collaborative, Kesson.
• Cornish groups list

Cornish Dance

The well recorded and distinct Cornish Dance tradition.

• A Cornish Dance Database
• Cornish dance groups.
• Guise Dancing

Traditional Cornish Costume.

Cornish Traditional Clothes.

• Worsted Frocks and Fisherman's Smocks
• The Cornish Kilt
• Bal Maidens and Fish Wives gear
• Miners Costume

The Cornish Abroad

Immigration and International Cornish Associations.

• International Cornish Communities
• Kernewek Lowender

Other Cornish Customs

• Mock Mayors and Sham Leaders.

Cornish World Magazine

• Cornwall's leading Cultural Magazine

Cornish Religion

• Celtic Christianity
• Pagan Cornwall
• The Methodist Church in Cornwall
• Anglican Cornwall
• Cowethas Peran Sans - The Fellowship of St Piran

Cornish Institutions

Institutions unique to Cornwall.

• Gorseth Kernow
• Mebyon Kernow
• The Cornish Stannary Parliament
• The Old Cornwall Societies

Cornish Language

The Celtic language of Cornwall including learning resources.

• Single Written Form of Cornish
• Other Versions
• Cornish Language Learning Resources
• Porth - an online interactive learning resource

Cornish Sports and Games

Wrasslin, Hurling and other games explained.

• Cornish Hurling
• Cornish Wrestling
• Gig Racing
• Euchre

Cornish Folklore

Cornwall is famous for being a land of story tellers who use the rich folklore of the Duchy to entertain. Including the most famous Cornishman in history King Arthur.

• The Bucca
• Spriggans, Sprites, Piskies and Knockers
• Drolls and Tales
• Holy Wells
• King Arthur
• A list of online Cornish stories.