In Cornwall strawberries are beloved by the fae, and the first fruit of the season is ‘given to the gods of the garden’ for a good harvest. In Bavaria, baskets of strawberries are hung from the horns of cattle to pay the spirits in trade for healthy herds and a year of good milk.

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Happy to you all in To celebrate St Piran's Day, our painting of the day is 'St Piran’s Flags, Perranporth
'. 12 x 12 inches, oil on canvas ,£545 by Joanne Short. Available to buy online now at: https://t.co/KHrZlElK88

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Discover contemporary paintings of St Ives in in our latest gallery blog post. We’ve picked ten of our favourites from John Dyer, Joanne Short & Ted Dyer. Which is your favourite and why? Do let us know in the comments. https://t.co/cZPJVjIa8W

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William Trost Richards, Near Land's End, Cornwall, 1879 https://t.co/zKnFvaoYJ0

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A small ,seeking redemption by staring out to the horizon, looking for

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Today…. ‘Purple Harbour St Ives’ 50cm x 50cm

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Time to stop fiddling on this one I think!

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By Cornwall folklore, a mermaid used to frequent the village of Zennor, where she was famed for her singing. Everyone assumed she was just a human woman, until one day sailors accidentally hit her underwater house with an anchor and she surfaced to ask them to move.#Folklore

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A far happier tale involves the Mermaid of Zennor in Dressed as an elegant lady, she visited Zennor church, where she became entranced by chorister Matthew Trewhella's fine singing voice. Revealing her secret, she invited Matthew to join her in a life beneath the waves

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Gone to a loving new home today ‘Sea Pnks Loe Bar’ 90cm x70cm

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"The Cockpit" or The Retreat, Creek Vean House, Feock, Cornwall (UK), 1963-64
Su Brumwell, Wendy Cheeseman, Norman Foster & Richard Rogers
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The Animals · House of The Rising Sun (1964)
🎼 https://t.co/YcG71UmABR

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The Armed Knight & Longships
8”x6” oil on board
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The rocks just off the dramatic Lands End coast.
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I’ve never been to Cornwall, but here is a dinghy in Maine, U.S. I painted for my son from a photo he took while on a sailing trip with my mom.

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Em 1976 na cidade de Cornwall, sudoeste da Inglaterra, duas meninas de 14 anos de idade, Sally Chapman e Barbara Perry, que acampavam nas imediações de uma igreja local afirmaram terem visto o homem Coruja: +

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Tristan and Isolde is about the illicit love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Isolde. Tristan escorts Isolde from Ireland to marry his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. They ingest a love potion on the journey and fall madly in love.

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