Picrous Day
picrous day festival celebrated tin miner cornwall first thursday christmas believed feast discovery tin man named picrous miner east cornwall celebrated founder industry instead st piran robert hunt popular romance west england state second thursday christmasday festival observed tinner district blackmore known picrous day present marked distinctive ceremony occasion supper much merrymaking owner tinstream contributes shilling man towards said feast discovery tin man named picrous first impression day took name circumstance pie forming pièce de résistance supper explanation allowed tinner sanctioned usage feast truth may tradition first tinner picrous late discover notion worth recording occurred whether similarity name close one admit honour picrous may transferred st piran generally said patron saint tinner st piran known blackmore festival th march tinner also festival commemorate discovery smelting picrous day believed especially popular luxulyan celebration held rising sun inn chewidden thursday tom bawcocks eve nickanan night st pirans day picrous day tale piskies