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They waited for the wind to blow from the south over to the northern land. At first the coracle spun round and round, but by and by each daddy could, by rowing or paddling, make the thing go straight ahead. THEY WAITED FOR THE WIND TO BLOW FROM THE SOUTH OVER TO THE NORTHERN LAND AT FIRST THE CORACLE SPUN ROUND AND ROUND BUT BY AND BY EACH DADDY COULD BY ROWING OR PADDLING MAKE THE THING GO STRAIGHT AHEAD
f this shire meant the Horn of Gallia, or Wallia, as the new land was later named. We think of Cornwall as the big toe of the Mother Land. These first comers called it a horn. It was a funny sight to see these coracles, which they named after their own round bodies. The men went down to the riverside or the sea shore, and with their stone hatchets, they chopped down trees. They cut the reeds and osiers, peeled the willow branches, and wove great baskets shaped like bowls. In this work, the women helped the men. The coracle was made strong by a wooden frame fixed inside round the edge, and by two cross boards, which also served as seats. Then they turned the wicker frame upside down and stretched the hides of animals over the whole frame and bottom. With pitch, gum, or grease, they covered up the cracks or seams. Then they shaped paddles out of wood. When the coracle floated on the water, the whole family, daddy, mammy, kiddies, and any old aunts or uncles, or granddaddies, got into it. AIN LANDING IN CORNWALL THE OLD NAME OF THIS SHIRE MEANT THE HORN OF GALLIA OR RALIA AS THE NEW LAND WAS LATER NAMED WE THINK OF CORNWALL AS THE BIG TOE OF THE MOTHERLAND THESE FIRST COMERS CALLED IT A HORN IT WAS A FUNNY SIGHT TO SEE THOSE CORACLES WHICH THEY NAMED AFTER THEIR OWN ROUND BODIES THE MEN WENT DOWN TO THE RIVER SIDE OR THE SEASHORE AND WITH THEIR STONE HATCHETS THEY CHOPPED DOWN TREES THEY CUT THE REEDS AND OSIERS PEELED THE WILLOW BRANCHES AND WOVE GREAT BASKETS SHAPED LIKE BOWLS IN THIS WORK THE WOMEN HELPED THE MEN THE CORACLE WAS MADE STRONG BY A WOODEN FRAME FIXED INSIDE ROUND THE EDGE AND BY TWO CROSS BOARDS WHICH ALSO SERVED AS SEATS THEN THEY TURNED THE WICKER FRAME UPSIDE DOWN AND STRETCHED THE HIDES OF ANIMALS OVER THE WHOLE FRAME AND BOTTOM WITH PITCH GUM OR GREASE THEY COVERED UP THE CRACKS OR SEAMS THEN THEY SHAPED PADDLES OUT OF WOOD WHEN THE CORACLE FLOATED ON THE WATER THE WHOLE FAMILY DADDY MAMMY KITIES AND ANY OLD ANSWER UNCLES OR GRANDADDIES GOT INTO IT
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