CORNISH HUMOUR 



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Another instance of this curious child-like simplicity 

 of mind in the native was almost painful. To have 

 one's words taken literally in some cases produces the 

 uncomfortable feeling that there is something wrong 



CORNISH PEASANT 



with the brain of the person spoken to. I was walk- 

 ing on the moor one day in spring in oppressingly 

 warm weather when, on passing close by a small 

 farm-house, I caught sight of the farmer standing 

 outside and stopped to have a little talk with him. 



