CORNISH HUMOUR 



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humour in the English people. English humour, 

 they said, fell flat in Cornwall, even where it was 

 seen, or guessed, that the words spoken were intended 

 to be humorous. If they laughed or smiled, it was 

 out of politeness or good nature, just to please you. 



CORNISH WOMAN 



And as our humour failed with them, so did theirs 

 fail with us : we did not appreciate it simply because 

 it was impossible for us, being Englishmen, to see it 

 as they did with their Cornish minds. 



A local writer, the late J. T. Tregellas, who wrote 

 funny poems in dialect, and surveyed life generally 

 from the comic point of view, has a considerable 



