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Sometimes people called the big fellow, that lived in a castle, Giant Blunderbuss, but Blubb was his name for short. He was much taller than the highest hop pole in Kent. SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALLED THE BIG FELLOW THAT LIVED IN THE CASTLE GIANT BLUNDERBUSS BUT BLUB WAS HIS NAME FOR SHORT HE WAS MUCH TALLER THAN THE HIGHEST HOP POLE IN KENT
all, on going to California, discovered gold. In Cornwall, as part of the Cymric realm, King Arthur found and married Guinevere, his queen. It was in Cornwall, also, that Merlin was hidden. Hear the rhyme: Marvelous Merlin is wasted away By a wicked woman, who may she be? For she hath pent him in a crag On Cornwall coast. So it happens that thousands of "English" people in Cornwall are Welsh, by both name or descent, or have translated their names into English form, even while keeping the Welsh meaning. They are also Welsh in traits of character. Just as tens of thousands of Welsh folks, among the first settlers of New England and the American colonies are described in our histories as "English" people. Now in early Cornwall there were many giants. Some were good but others were bad. One of these, a right fine fellow, was named Tom, and the other, a bad one, Blubb. This giant had had twenty wives, and was awfully cruel. Nobody ever knew what became of the twenty maidens he had married. IVING CORNISHMEN THAT IS THE MINERS OF CORNWALL ON GOING TO CALIFORNIA DISCOVERED GOLD IN CORNWALL AS PART OF THE COMIC REALM KING ARTHUR FOUND AND MARRIED GUENEVERE HIS QUEEN IT WAS IN CORNWALL ALSO THAT MERLIN WAS HIDDEN HEAR THE RHYME MARVELOUS MERLIN IS WASTED AWAY BY A WICKED WOMAN WHO SHE MAY BE FOR SHE HATH PENT HIM IN A CRAG ON CORNWALL COAST SO IT HAPPENED THAT THOUSANDS OF ENGLISH PEOPLE IN CORNWALL ARE WELSH BY BOTH NAME OR DESCENT OR HAVING TRANSLATED THEIR NAME INTO ENGLISH FORM EVEN WHILE KEEPING THE WELSH MEANING THERE ARE ALSO WELSH IN THE TRAITS OF CHARACTER FOR JUST AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WELSH FOLKS AMONG THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND AND AMERICAN COLONIES ARE DESCRIBED IN OUR HISTORY AS ENGLISH PEOPLE NOW IN EARLY CONWALL THERE WERE MANY GIANTS SOME WERE GOOD BUT OTHERS WERE BAD ONE OF THESE A FINE FELLOW WAS NAMED TOM AND THE OTHER A BAD ONE BLUB THIS GIANT HAD TWENTY WIVES AND WAS AWFULLY CRUEL NOBODY EVER KNEW WHAT BECAME OF THE TWENTY MAIDENS HE HAD MARRIED
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