Chewidden Thursday
chewidden thursday also known white thursday chewidden day jewwhidn festival celebrated tin miner west cornwall last clear thursday ie least one week christmas festival celebrated discovery white tin smelted tin st chiwidden littleknown cornish saint legend associate st piran robert hunt popular romance west england state last thursday – clear week christmas day – formerly always claimed tinner holiday called whitethursday jewwhidn day according tradition black tin tin ore first melted refined white tin jewwhidn chiwidden easy transition picrous day tom bawcocks eve st pirans day