FabSwingers.com forum: St Pirans day

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

A bit from google in it's meaning

St Piran's Day (Cornish: Gool Peran) is the national day of Cornwall, held on 5 March every year. The day is named after one of the patron saints of Cornwall, Saint Piran, who is also the patron saint of tin miners. Origins Main article: Saint Piran St Piran's Day started as one of the many tinners' holidays observed by the tin miners of Cornwall. Other miners' holidays of a similar nature include Picrous Day and Chewidden Thursday. "St. Piran's Day was said to be a favourite with the

tinners who having a tradition that some secrets

regarding the manufacture of tin were communicated

to their ancestors by that saint, they leave the

manufacture to shift for itself for that day, and keep it as a holiday." There is little description of specific traditions associated with this day apart from the

consumption of large amounts of alcohol and food during 'Perrantide', the week leading up to March 5. The day following the St Piran's Day was known by

many as 'Mazey Day', a term which has now been

adopted by the revived Golowan festival in Penzance. The phrase 'd*unk as a perraner' was used in 19th

century Cornwall to describe people who had consumed large quantities of alcohol.

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Happy st Pirans day to all Cornish folk

The patron saint of Pasties..?

No, that's St Ginster.

By *adyA01Woman
over a year ago

Wellington

I was bought up in cornwall and althought I am not there now, I would like to point out, Ginster is like swear word to us cornish!! The only 2 ways to eat a proper cornish pasty is straight from the bakery out of the bag, or straight from your own oven after making it yourself! Ginsters!! Yuck!!

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

" I was bought up in cornwall and althought I am not there now, I would like to point out, Ginster is like swear word to us cornish!! The only 2 ways to eat a proper cornish pasty is straight from the bakery out of the bag, or straight from your own oven after making it yourself! Ginsters!! Yuck!!"

This is so true....talking of which I must get my mum to make some pasties and get my wife to make some hevva cake

what a great meal that makes oh and I must get some roddas clotted cream and some golden syrup for lunch