Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 1, by
William Bottrell, , at sacred-texts.com In old times there lived
in a cavern on the sea-shore, about ten miles to the east of
Hayle, a giant called Wrath, who had a bad character given him
by the people of St. Ives. Folks didn't believe half the evil
they said of him, but thought their fears of the giant, when
alive, made them take the dastardly revenge of abusing him when
dead. Yet whether he liked or disliked them it's hard to say,
because if he killed them he ate them, according to their own
accounts—a proof that his stomach was as strong as his arm. The
place in which Wrath lived is the fissure or gorge near
Portreath, known by the name of the Giant's Zawn, or more
generally by that of Ralph's Cupboard. This latter name, of
recent date, was given to the place after it had been inhabited
by one Ralph, a famous smuggler who found the place most
convenient for his trade. By being better acquainted than most
other persons with the reefs and curren