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Pentreath (Dolly)

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The last person who spoke Cornish. Daines Barrington went from London to the Land’s End to visit her. She lived at Mousehole.

Hail, Mousehole! birthplace of old Doll Pentreath,

The last who jabbered Cornish, so says Daines … .”


Peter Pindar (Ode xxi., To Myself).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Pennyworth or Penoth
Pension
Pensioners
Pentacle
Pentapolin
Pentapolis. (Greek, pente polis.)
Pentateuch
Pentecost (Greek, pentecostê, fiftieth)
Penthesilea
Penthouse
Pentreath (Dolly)
Peony (The)
People
People’s Charter (The)
Pepper
Pepper Gate
Pepper-and-Salt
Peppercorn Rent (A)
Peppy Bap
Per Saltum (Latin)
Perceforest (King)