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My object has been to direct attention to the fact that large 

 proportions of the words in the lists of Mr. Couch and Mr. Gar- 

 land are current speech in the two counties, in order to assist if 

 possible in the work of forming a full and exact glossary of the 

 dialect of Cornwall, as it is now spoken. Such a glossary would 

 be imperfect did it not distinguish between words which are 

 legitimately and those which are accidentally in use in the county. 

 It has been my endeavour to supply some materials for the prose- 

 cution of this task, leaving it to other hands to carry out the work 

 of discrimination. 



The lists published in the Journal contained, allowing for repe- 

 titions and variations in pronunciation only, about 700 words. Of 

 these I have identified nearly a thii-d as in common use in Devon, 

 the larger quota coming naturally from East Cornwall. Wherever 

 the Devonshire form differs from the Cornish I have enclosed it 

 in brackets, with the letter D appended. The letters E and W 

 are in like manner used to distinguish between forms employed in 

 East and West Cornwall respectively, where such a distinction is 

 necessary to be drawn. Where there are two or more words of 

 similar sound but differing in sense, the meaning of the one 

 referred to is also given within a parenthesis. In all other cases the 

 glossaries of Mr. Couch and Mr. Garland, to which what I have 

 done is merely supplementary, will supply the information that 

 may be required. No doubtful words have been dealt with, ex- 

 cepting in a few instances where^-suggestions, which are given, 

 appeared to arise. It will be observed that in some cases the 

 Devonshire pronunciation of a word is somewhat sharper than 

 the Cornish. 



Words contained in the Glossaries of Messrs. Couch and Garland, 

 common to Devon and Cornwall. 



Afeard ; agg ; angletwitch (used in East Cornwall for the 

 earth-worm, in Djjvonshire for the blind-worm or slow-worm) ; 

 arrish W, errish E (arish D) ; athirt ; anist ; anker ; appledrane ; 

 arg. 



Bal (to bawl) ; ballywrag E, balarag W (ballyrag or bully- 

 rag D; ; belk (to belch, bulk D) ; bucca (a scarecrow or goblin — 



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