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SEEB-TSME AUB HABVEST. 
Among the old, odd and ridiculous cus¬ 
toms of Cornwall was one called The Tink- 
eler s (tinkers) shop, and being of a rough 
and boisterous nature, it was a game en¬ 
acted only by the men who were tinkers, 
and for the occasion such names as Old 
Vulcan, Save-all, Tear’em, AU-my-men, 
Mend-all, &c., were bestowed on them hy 
the most humorous of the company, who 
was selected as the master. The properties 
employed in this game were a large iron 
pot. filled with a mixture of soot and wa- 
tei; a mop for the left hand of the master, 
and a small stick for his right; short sticks 
for the right hand of all his comrades. 
After the men had received their names 
the ceremonies began, and those ceremo¬ 
nies will now be described in the words of 
one who well remembers them. “The 
master cries out—as soon as all have knelt 
down in a circle around the iron vessel— 
‘Every one (that is, all together, or one and 
all. as the Cornish say; and I.’ Then all 
hammer away with their sticks as fast as 
they can, some of them with absurd grim 
aces. Suddenly the master will, perhaps, 
cry out, ‘All-my-men and I.’ Upon this, 
all cease working, except the individual 
called ‘All-my-men;’ and if any unfortu¬ 
nate delinquent fails, he is treated with a 
salute from the mop, well-dipped in the 
black liquid; this never fails to afford great 
merriment to the spectators, and if the 
master is ‘well up to the sport’ he contrives 
that none of his comrades shall escape un 
marked: for he changes rapidly from All 
my-men to Old Vulcan and I, and so on 
and sometimes name two or three together, 
that little chance of escaping with a clean 
face is left.” 
The Corn Market was a game something 
like the former, as there was a master of 
the revels and the men assumed odd titles, 
as for instance, the master’s assistant was 
called “spy the market ; the other players, 
such as certain prices, viz.: Two-pence, 
Four-pence, Six-pence, &c. The clown 
character received the cognomen of “Old 
Penglaze,” and it was his pride to procure 
the most ludicrous costume possible; his 
face was blackened, and he had a staff in 
his hand, and part of a horse’s hide thrown 
around it for a hobby horse. He took up 
his position with his back to the market. 
The fun consisted in the master calling 
his assistant to spy-the-market, which he 
did by calling on some one of the company 
and addressed him by the name conferred 
on him. J’he person was obliged to answer 
to his title as soon as he was summoned; 
but if he lorgot bis price or made any mis¬ 
take, he was obliged to be sealed, and as 
this sealing can better be described by one 
who participated in the game, than by 
one at second hand, I must let the printer 
use quotation marks once more. 
“The master goes to the person who has 
forfeited, and takes up his foot, saying: 
‘Here is my seal. Where is old Penglaze's 
seal r’ and then gives a blow on the sole 
of his foot. Old Penglaze then comes in 
on his horse, with his feet tripping on the 
floor, saying: ‘Here I comes, neither riding 
nor afoot:’ the horse winces and capers so 
that the old gentleman can hardly keep his 
seat. When he arrives at the market, he 
cries out: ‘What work is there for me to 
do?' The master holds up the foot of the 
culprit and says: ‘Here. Penglaze, is a fine 
shoeing match for you?' Penglaze dis¬ 
mounts: ‘I think it’s a fine colt, indeed.’ 
He then begins to work by pulling the shoe 
off the unfortunate “colt,” saying: ‘My 
reward is a full gallon of moonlight, besides 
all other customs for shoeing in this mar¬ 
ket.’ He then gives one or two hard blows 
on the shoeless foot, which makes its pro¬ 
prietor tingle, and remounts his horse, 
whose duty it is to be restive, and poor 
Penglaze is so tossed up and down that he 
has much difficulty to get to his old place 
without a tumble. The play is resumed 
until Penglaze’s seal is again required, and 
at the conclusion of the whole there is a 
set dance.” 
Novelties in Vegetables. 
In addition to the list of Novelties given 
in these pages last month, we now take 
pleasure in describing a few others which 
seems to embody more than usual merit, and 
would bespeak for them a trial by all who 
like to see improved varieties developed: 
This season for the first time is offered 
a new early summer radish, the Chartiet\ 
