#Tom Bawcock’s Eve

[merinsedai]

It’s Tom Bawcock’s Eve and even though I’m not even vaguely Cornish it’s still time to read this wonderful book with my lg! Love this story. I bought it years before I had kids on a winter visit to Mousehole. Beautifully illustrated and a great little story, especially if you like cats!

I wonder if they’re enjoying a fish feast in Mousehole right now…

[good-oldfashioned-lover-girl]

tell me about cornish history?

(you dont even understand i almsot cried when i saw this thank you)

OK SO for context my mums side of the family is cornish and so i have quite a random specific knowledge of its history and ill stick to my favourite parts, namely cornish pasties and tom bawcocks eve (although i could also talk abt humphrey davy for ages and the mining lamp lmao)

(idk if pasties are a widely known thing? but they’re these like pastry parcels with savoury fillings that look something like this:

(my favourite filling being cheese and onion hands down))

but anyway basically they have these pastry handles almost on the edge with no filling (almost like a pizza crust) where the pastry’s sealed and it’s quite big and has around 20 crimps traditionally and it was brought in solely so that miners could bring them into the mines for lunch. they would have rly dirty hands from all the mining yk and so would hold the handle bit so as not to get the part they eat dirty and then so that they didn’t have to carry too much half of it would be savoury and the other half sweet (ive never actually seen a sweet pasty so idk how true this is but still). i could also talk abt the mines for ages they’re so cool and tragic but imma leave that there bc i wanna talk abt tom bawcocks eve

i don’t actually know how true it is obviously but tom bawcocks eve is basically a celebration each year in a village in the south west of cornwall called mousehole where they light these lights and eat stargazy pie which is basically a fish pie to put it simply. it originated from when there was a famine in im guessing probably around the start of the 20th century? but don’t quote me on that, due to a rly big storm which meant they couldn’t go fishing, fish being a staple of their diet, as well as it ruining crops etc.. this guy called tom bawcock then risked it and went out in the storm to go fishing, and so saved the village bc he got them food.

a lot of my knowledge of it comes from a children’s book by antonia barber lmao called the mousehole cat but i’m also pretty sure that there’s some truth to this. there’s also a folk song about it which is cool

this is stargazy pie and the mousehole lights btw:

(i’ve never actually been to mousehole on tom bawcocks eve bc it’s the 23rd december but ive seen the lights most years at new years and i kid you not i have listened to the mousehole cat on cd every night to get to sleep since i was like 6 i cannot get to sleep without it)

if anyone sees this and sees any inaccuracies PLEASE tell me this is me picking up tidbits of information throughout my life and stitching them together so it’s likely i’ve got something wrong although it’s niche enough that no one will hopefully notice lmao

[seaglass-and-string]

i was having a bit of a moment thinking about weird family quirks so

no one else i know sings that silly little song

whenever they see the sea,

but when i was little my family and i

would belt into the ocean, ‘bom bom bom’

i remember dancing round my kitchen

it was 4.30am, i was only 7

my mum and dad held my hands and we sang

r-e-s-c-u-e rescue aid society

now we don’t sing so much, but i still remember the songs

the swedish jazz, tom bawcocks eve, willy fog

and so, whilst busy doing chores or other work

you can hear the faint humming of ‘oo de lally oo de lally golly what a day’

[brookston]

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The African Queen (Film; 1951)

As Good as It Gets (Film; 1997)

Beaches (Film; 1988)

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Dangerous Liaisons (Film; 1988)

The Dawn Patrol (Film; 1938)

Da Ya Think I’m Sexy, by Rod Stewart (Song; 1978)

Dirty Harry (Film; 1971)

Emma, by Jane Austen (Novel; 1815) [#4]

Funny Things Happen Down Under (Film; 1966)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Film; 2022)

Good Morning, Vietnam (Film; 1987)

Grand Canyonscope (Disney Cartoon; 1954)

Green Card (Film; 1990)

Hansel und Gretel, by Englebert Humperdinck & Adelheid Wette (Opera; 1893)

Holiday Time at Disneyland (TV Special; 1962)

Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

My Blue Heaven, recorded by Fats Domino (Song; 1951)

My Week with Marilyn (Film; 2011)

The Pale Blue Eye (Film; 2022)

Scent of a Woman (Film; 1992)

This Magic Moment, recorded by The Drifters (Song; 1959)

Trollhunters (Animated TV series; 2016)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Disney Film; 1954)

UFO Club (London Bar; 1966)

Up in the Air (Film; 2009)

A Visit From Saint Nicholas or The Night Before Christmas, by Clement Clarke Moore (Poem; 1823)

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Victoria (Austria)

Ivan, Vikica, Viktorija (Croatia)

Vlasta (Czech Republic)

Torlacus (Denmark)

Eugenia, Senna, Senni (Estonia)

Noel, Senni (Finland)

Armand (France)

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Adam (Sweden)

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Hart, Hartman, Latoya, Wade (USA)

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Day of Year: Day 357 of 2024; 8 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 51 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Jia-Zi), Day 11 (Yi-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 11 Teveth 5784

Islamic: 10 Jumada II 1445

J Cal: 27 Zima; Sixday [27 of 30]

Julian: 10 December 2023

Moon: 88%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 21 Bichat (13th Month) [Lavoisier]

Runic Half Month: Jara (Year) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 3 of 89)

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[holliano]

Tom Bawcock’s Eve

23.12.2023

[tgadanparish1]

10 fun facts about pies

pie is an ancient dish that was invented by the romans - They gave us roads and running water and the Romans are also credited with giving us pie – the first example of a meat filling enclosed in a basic pastry made of flour and oil can be traced back to ancient Rome.

pie crust was used as Tupperware before being used for something else - The crusty top/lid of a pie actually served to preserve the food as a sort of container – in fact the shells were tough and basically inedible but they served well as a sort of utensil to eat the filling before being discarded.

The theatre of pie - Medieval chefs were often tasked with outdoing one another for their masters entertainment. Birds are said to have flown out of pies and it’s even rumoured that dwarves came out of pies at feasts.

Fruit pies and the Tudor connection - Called ‘pyes’ in medieval England and filled with meat, fruit pies first appeared in the 1500s, but British tradition says that the first cherry pie was served to Queen Elizabeth I in the late 16th century.

Mince pies were once banned - Legend has it that in the 17th century Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector of the Commonwealth) banned eating mince pies at Christmas as he saw it as a sign of gluttony. Luckily the ban didn’t last long and we are able to enjoy the delicious pies once more.

To eat humble pie - ‘humble pie’, a pie made from the innards of deer, was said to be a dish for the lower classes as venison was reserved for the wealthy. But while it might be fun to put ‘humble’ and ‘humble’ together, there’s no real evidence to link this saying with the dish. 

The Cornish delicacy that features fish that stare at you - Stargazy pie involves baking seven types of fish, including herring and mackerel, and a filling of eggs, potatoes and thickened milk. Whole pilchards are then arranged so their heads (and sometimes tails) emerge from a shortcrust pastry topping. The pie is traditionally cooked in the fishing village of Mouse hole on 23 December to celebrate Tom Bawcock’s Eve, a day commemorating the heroic 16th-century fisherman who braved winter storms in his boat to ensure the locals didn’t go hungry over Christmas.

Jellied Eels is a popular pie accompaniment in East London - In London, pie shops often sell jellied eels –a classic Cockney dish of native British eels, boiled and then cooled – as an accompaniment to pie.

‘Death by pie’ has been cemented in literary legend - Shakespeare killed off two characters in Titus Andronicus by baking them into a pie, and Sweeney Todd, the fictional Victorian character who ran a London barber shop, disposed of his victims by baking them into pies.

Pies pop-up in many a nursery rhyme - Four and twenty blackbirds were baked in a pie in ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’, Simple Simon met a pieman in his eponymous rhyme and even Little Jack Horner stuck his thumb into a pie. 

[pamela365-2022]

Day 357: 23rd December - Tom Bawcock's Eve. Craig had his last two Christmas shows at the Acorn in Penzance yesterday and the Minack is closed until the 27th, so we're all on holiday! Thus a ton of washing was done and on the line. I love seeing St Michael's Mount lit up from the back garden - today it was on a loop of various colours. So tiny in the photo, but it was pretty in real life.

[branched-man]

Transcript under the cut

AUSTIN: [Reading] A merry plaas you may believe

woz Mowsel pon Tom Bawcock's Eve.

To be theer then oo wudn wesh

To sup o sibm soorts o fesh!

JANINE: You can’t say Bawcock on a podcast. [Austin and Janine laughs]

KEITH: Excuse me?

[Austin keeps laughing]

KEITH: [Overlapping] sup o sibm soorts o fesh??

AUSTIN: Wen morgee brath ad cleard tha path

Comed lances for a fry,

An then us had a bet o scad

an starry gazee py.

[Finishes reading] There we go. See? Classic. Classic song.

KEITH: Is that- I literally can’t tell if that’s a Lewis Carroll nonsense poem. 

JANINE: That’s- [Austin laughs] No, that’s middle English. [KEITH: or-] That’s middle English. [KEITH: Ok, yeah] Is that like, from the Canterbury tales or something?

AUSTIN: [Reading] Nex cumd fermaads, braa thustee jaads. 

As maad ar oozles dry,

An ling an haak, enough to maak

a raunen shark to sy!

JANINE: I fucking hate middle english.

KEITH: No, this is literally- 

AUSTIN: [Keeps reading] A aech wed clunk [Laughter] as ealth wer drunk. 

En bumpers bremmen y, [Laughter] 

ART: What Winne the Pooh is this?

AUSTIN: An wen up caam Tom Bawcock's naam. 

We praesed un to tha sky. 

[Stop reading] That part I got, uh huh. [Laughs] Old Cornwall, 1927. That’s on the Stargazy pie wikipedia page without any context. 

KEITH: Oh my god!

JANINE: Great. 

Transcribed by Giovanni Biasotti

[teawaffles]

yuumori ch72

Now on: Cubari and Mangadex

Thank you for waiting! It has been a trip settling back in my old room (and house) after such a long time, so thank you as always for your patience (^^;

Edit: The canon refs post has also been updated up to Ch72!

Author hiatus

Although V18 and the 221B character profiles will be released on 4 August (JST), there is no new chapter this month as the authors are taking a break — Ch73 will be released in September instead.

A trip to Cornwall

I had the opportunity to visit Cornwall back in July: specifically the tiny village of Mousehole, where *drumrolls* stargazy pie is said to have been invented! More on that under the cut:

Mousehole Harbour. The village is said to be named after the little harbour entrance, almost like a mousehole when viewed from the sea.

Stargazy pie is served for free on Tom Bawcock’s Eve (23 December) every year at The Ship Inn. But it’s only ever served then, so I didn’t get a chance to try it (-ω-、)

Legend has it that there was once a terribly stormy winter; the fishing boats were unable to leave the harbour, and the villagers were facing starvation as Christmas approached. The day before Christmas Eve, Tom Bawcock braved the storm and managed to catch enough fish to feed the entire village — and this feat was celebrated by baking the fish into stargazy pie ✨ (More about the tale on Wikipedia)

The story is also retold in the wonderfully-illustrated children’s book The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber 💖 Managed to snag a copy from this delightful bookstore in Penzance:

The Edge of the World Bookshop, along Market Jew Street in Penzance. The lady at the counter was really nice, and there are little cards with personal book recommendations from the store employees, which are spot-on: I especially enjoyed The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex 💕

Aside: If you're wondering how stargazy pie is related to Yuumori, it was mentioned in the Volume 2 omake (Mangadex) that William loves Louis's stargazy pie (๑˃ᴗ˂)

[lurlur]

Pffft.

This is Tom Bawcock's Eve. I won't stand for this erasure.

christmas eve what about christmas adam

[elf-indulgent]

Yes I looked up stargazy pie because I saw it in a meme making fun of British cuisine but listen. It has artistic merit 🤔

The dish is traditionally held to have originated from the village of Mousehole in Cornwall and is traditionally eaten during the festival of Tom Bawcock’s Eve to celebrate his heroic catch during a very stormy winter. According to the modern festival, which is combined with the Mousehole village illuminations, the entire catch was baked into a huge stargazy pie, encompassing seven types of fish and saving the village from starvation. [x]

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

A merrier place you may believe Was Mousehole on Tom Bawcock's eve To be there then who wouldn't wish To sup on seven sorts of fish When murgy broth had cleared the path Comed lances for a fry And then us had a bit o' scad And starry gazey pie Next comed fair maids, bra' thrusty jades As made our oozles dry And ling and hake, enough to make A running shark to sigh As each we'd clunk as health were drunk In bumpers brimming high And when up came Tom Bawcock's name We praised him to the sky.

Merry Tom Bawcock’s eve everyone. A celebration about a fisherman saving everyone from starvation feels like it has special significance this year.

[natasharedfox]

A Cornish Christmas. December 23rd isn’t just the day before Christmas Eve in Mousehole …. it’s Tom Bawcock’s Eve.

Tom was a local fisherman who braved a winter storm to break a famine after bad weather had kept the fishing fleet in harbour for weeks.

~ "Then at last one evening, as old Tom sat with his cat Mowzer on his knee, she felt him take a deep sigh. “Mowzer, my handsome,” he said, for he was a courteous and well spoken man, “Mowzer, my handsome, it will soon be Christmas, and no man can stand by at Christmas and see the children starve. Someone must go fishing come what may, and I think it must be me. It cannot be the young men, for they have wives and children and mothers to weep for them if they do not return. But my wife and parents are dead long since and my children are grown and gone.” Mowzer purred to tell him that she understood, for it was the same with her. “I shall go out tomorrow, Mowzer, my handsome,” said the old man, “and I shall not come back without a catch.” Mowzer purred louder to tell him that she would go with him. For he was only a man, she thought, and men were like mice in the paws of the Great Storm-Cat."

~ extract from the Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber & Nicola Bayley.

Tom Bawcock's act of heroism is commemorated annually and the story is re-enacted in the harbour; the streets are illuminated with the famous harbour lights, there is a lantern parade and the special local delicacy called star-gazy pie is served. The Ship Inn is the place to eat the pie – you’ll also hear the special song about Tom’s brave act.

"Merry place you may believe, tiz Mowzel 'pon Tom Bawcock's eve.

To be there then who wouldn't wesh, to sup o' seb'm soorts o' fish.

When morgy brawth had cleared the path, Comed lances for a fry,

And then us 'ad a bit o' scad an' Starry-gazy pie.

As aich we'd clunk, 'is health we drunk, in bumpers bremmen high,

And when up caame Tom Bawcock's name, we'd prais'd 'un to the sky."

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The temperatures may slide from The nice and cozy summer season months nevertheless the landscapes just appears to get much more magnificent and folks warmer. Revellers head on the lively resorts of Newquay, St Ives and Looe from all round the place to rejoice while in the packed pubs, energetic golf Garage Services in St Austell , Cornwall - Wozup South West equipment Skip Hire in Saltash , Cornwall and renowned places to eat but the true spirit of Xmas can be celebrated with candlelit carol providers, kid's nativity plays and midnight mass held in the course of Cornwall.

It is now a tradition over the years that people will Select a swim on Xmas Day and you'll discover several activities at distinctive beach locations across the Cornish Coastline some charitable and a few just for fun, Even though With all the sea temperatures going from 20 levels Celsius in the summertime to 10 levels celsius from the winter months a festive drink or hot Xmas supper will definitely be welcome after even a short dip in the sea.

The majority of towns across Cornwall have their Xmas Lights but Mousehole three miles south of Penzance is perfectly worth browsing for its Christmas illuminations explained to rival any in britain, the lights are erected all around the village, over the harbour wall and out to sea. You can even have a helicopter journey from Penzance to see the illuminations from over which consist of spouting dolphins, prancing reindeer plus a Christmas pudding. The illuminations may be witnessed each and every night from mid December until finally the tip of the initial week of January with the climax becoming Tom Bawcock's Eve over the 23rd December commemorating an evening long ago when a neighborhood fisherman landed a capture which was ample to feed The entire hungry village. A neighborhood seafood dish, Star Gazy Pie is ready and brought out at midnight and a picture of your pie is often to become noticed in lights.

Trebah Gardens amongst Cornwalls most favored tourist attractions hosts many gatherings major nearly Xmas with candlelit evening walks to magical santa trails and grotto and yuletide decoration workshops. Quite a few on the Nationwide Rely on internet sites in Cornwall open within the months major around Xmas with wonderful seasonal situations at Cotehele, Lanhydrock, Trerice and Trelissick Gardens with impressive Xmas decorations, carol products and services and magical trails to comply with and Even though These are shut on Xmas Working day and Boxing day the grounds continue to be open up. An ice skating rink opens its doorways within the Eden Task from late October right up until late February with seasonal animations and many Area for spectators who need to steer clear of the bumps and bruises.

Xmas wouldn't be Xmas with no pantomime and actively playing on the Hall for Cornwall in Truro with the eleventh December 2009 right until third January 2010 is Jack as well as the Beanstalk with comedy, slapstick and tunes for each of the relatives. Within the Princess Pavilion in Falmouth within the twenty third December until the thirtieth December The Miracle Theatre Business provides The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin a fairy tale of comedy and energetic performances certain to thrill The complete relatives. Cornwallholidayplaces has a very good vacation tutorial to Cornwall that can assist you uncover precisely what is on and exactly where to go throughout the festive crack.

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Isles of Scilly

A rational starting point for any posting about spots off the Cornish Coastline, the Isles of Scilly comprise of five inhabited and a number of uninhabited islands Situated forty five miles south west of Land's Conclude. The islands really are a designated spot of fantastic natural attractiveness and they are well known among visitors desirous to knowledge the calm and peaceful environment of shorelines, wildlife and interesting geology. Individuals using a penchant for sailing (and, far more specifically, gig Car Servicing And Repairs in St Austell , Cornwall rowing) and scuba diving will find some of the cleanest and warmest coastal waters around the Scillies. Accessibility within the mainland is offered all 12 months and from a range of areas such as Penzance and Exeter.

Looe Island

Looe Island (sometimes often called St Georges Island) lies a single mile from the mainland city of Looe about the south Cornish coast. For the latter A part of the twentieth Century the island was privately owned until eventually 2004 when it was bequeathed into the Cornwall Wildlife Rely on who are actually preserving it being a nature reserve and welcome readers in the summer time months. The island incorporates a loaded religious historical past - as soon as becoming the positioning of a Bendictine chapel and abundance of wildlife on shore and off. The surrounding waters also are protected, and the island might be accessed by boat.

St Michaels Mount

St Michael's Mount is located just off the south Cornish Coastline in the vicinity of Marazion. The castle is house into the St Auben family members though the Neighborhood of villagers who live all-around it perform to maintain the mount as being a self-contained parish. Right now the castle is owned via the Nationwide Have confidence in, but in past times it's got acted as being a fortress, stately property and even a priory - and presents a wonderful Perception in to the history of the location. The castle is open up to the general public at distinct moments regarding the seasons, so it is usually needed to ebook.

Offshore lighthouses and Many others

Carn Bras and Wolf Rock are two small offshore islands from the coast of Lands Finish which might be each home to lighthouses. The former is part of your Longships group of uninhabited islets (the lighthouse has actually been automated because 1988) and it is well-liked being a location for leisure divers. Off the north coast, The Carracks are One more group of islets of desire to Individuals seeking wildlife. Pryor Begent Fry & Co | Accountants | 01409 253655 | Helston The largest from the group is frequently referred to as 'Seal Island' because of the abundance of Atlantic Gray Seals which congregate there at specified periods of calendar year. Boat trips for the Carracks can be found from nearby St Ives.

The temperatures may well slide from the warm summer months but the scenery just seems to get a lot more magnificent and folks warmer. Revellers head to the energetic resorts of Newquay, St Ives and Looe from all throughout the region to celebrate while in the packed pubs, lively golf equipment and renowned eating places but the real spirit of Christmas is also celebrated with candlelit carol providers, kid's nativity performs and midnight mass held all over Cornwall.

It has grown to be a tradition through the years that individuals will go for a swim on Xmas Working day and you will discover various activities at different beach locations across the Cornish coast some charitable and many just for enjoyment, Despite the fact that Restaurants General in Penzance , Cornwall - Wozup South West href="https://wozupsouthwest.co.uk/location/st-austell">Go here While using the sea temperatures heading from 20 levels Celsius in the summer to 10 levels celsius inside the winter months a festive drink or scorching Xmas meal will certainly be welcome https://wozupsouthwest.co.uk/location/fowey after even a short dip in The ocean.

Nearly all of cities across Cornwall have their Xmas Lights but Mousehole three miles south of Penzance is nicely worth traveling to for its Xmas illuminations explained to rival any in the united kingdom, the lights are erected all around the village, over the harbour wall and out to sea. You can even take a helicopter ride from Penzance to watch the illuminations from higher than which contain spouting dolphins, prancing reindeer plus a Xmas pudding. The illuminations can be seen every single night from mid December right until the end of the very first week of January Together with the climax staying Tom Bawcock's Eve to the twenty third December commemorating an evening way back when a neighborhood fisherman landed a capture which was more than enough to feed The full hungry village. A local seafood dish, Star Gazy Pie is prepared and brought out at midnight and an image with the pie is always to generally be seen in lights.

Trebah Gardens amongst Cornwalls most popular tourist attractions hosts a number of gatherings foremost nearly Xmas with candlelit night walks to magical santa trails and grotto and xmas decoration workshops. Several in the National Rely on web sites in Cornwall open over the months foremost as much as Xmas with great seasonal activities at Cotehele, Lanhydrock, Trerice and Trelissick Gardens with amazing Christmas decorations, carol solutions and magical trails to adhere to and Though They can be closed on Xmas Working day and Boxing working https://en.search.wordpress.com/?src=organic&q=cornwall day the grounds stay open. An ice skating rink opens its doorways on the Eden Undertaking from late October until finally late February with seasonal animations and lots of House for spectators who need to avoid the bumps and bruises.

Xmas would not be Christmas with out a pantomime and participating in at the Corridor for Cornwall in Truro in the 11th December 2009 right until 3rd January 2010 is Jack plus the Beanstalk with comedy, slapstick and music for all the family. On the Princess Pavilion in Falmouth from your 23rd December till the 30th December The Wonder Theatre Company provides The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin a fairy tale of comedy and energetic performances certain to thrill The full loved ones. Cornwallholidayplaces has an excellent journey tutorial to Cornwall that can help you discover precisely what is on and in which to go during the festive break.