Old Superstitions

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

338

Date Released

19 Jun 1961

Date recorded

19 May 1961

Length of issue (in feet)

764

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Italian Crossbowmen
2. 2Old Superstitions
3. 3Woman Harbourmaster
4. 4Tubnik

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

NoS Summary - Shows the round houses of the village of Veryan in Cornwall, the custom of young girls ‘baptising’ a doll, and women using standing stones to cure rheumatism.

Keywords

Customs and traditions

Locations

Cornwall; England; Newlyn

Written sources

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Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

164

Story extras:

Film clip

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