To a pre-Reformation cornishman, or indeed to any other Catholic, the idea was unthinkable.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
Though as a patriotic cornishman I ought not to admit it, I cannot deny, especially as it suits my argument better, that the Devon form is the correct one.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
It was an idea that came to him from the little piece of superstition that he carried about with him-every cornishman carries it.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole