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See my Cornwall Mining History and its Future post for more information on Cornwall’s mining history. Visit one of the nearby coves Nicholas Johnson and Peter Rose (1990). Cornwall's Archaeological Heritage. Truro: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. ISBN 0-906294-21-5. In 2014 indie band The Hit Parade released the rather excellent album Cornish Pop Songs featuring the song, Zennor Mermaid. The legend is linked to St. Senara in Sue Monk Kidd's The Mermaid Chair, [12] which was adapted into a movie in 2006. [13] One day, the mysterious woman noticed Mathew. After church ended, she smiled at him, and looked at the door. He followed her, and this time she walked slowly, so that he did not lose her. However, he could still not work up the courage to walk beside her.

When someone tells you to do something and you do it immediately, you don’t need to be asked twice. For example, maybe you try to steal sweets from a shop, and the man who works there is very frightening. He sees you stealing and says, ‘Get out or I’ll call your parents!’ In that case, you don’t need to be asked twice. You run away before he can do that. If you wait for him to ask twice, then it’s too late and he’ll actually call them. It is believed that the mermaid took Mathey Trewella into a cave in Pendour Cove (now often called Mermaids Cove) or into the sea to live with her. Some claim that when there is a storm coming in, you can hear a bell ringing, coming from the sea and that it is Mathey Trewella warning his friends in the village that bad weather is coming. Generally, being by the sea, being at the very far end of the UK, not having any big cities, means that Cornwall has a much slower pace of life. It’s not busy, it’s not crazy. Everything is very relaxed and people spend a lot of the time walking on the beach, surfing, drinking tea and so on. After a service one Sunday, the lady had smiled at Mathew Trewella so he had decided to follow her as she made her way off and towards the cliffs.There are many old and new versions of this much-loved tale and probably just as many images. The general consensus is that it was first written down in 1873 by William Bottrell who was a keen collector of Cornish folklore. Interestingly, he did not include the story in his first volume (1870) of stories from West Cornwall but in the second, a few years later. A different version appears in his third volume of 1880. An earlier book by Robert Hunt in 1865, ‘Popular Romances of the West of England’ mentions other Cornish mermaids but not our own ‘Morvoren’. There is some discussion as to whether Bottrell constructed the whole legend having seen the ancient carved Mermaid bench-end in Zennor Church and spent some time in The Tinners Arms deep in conversation with the locals. Another view is that the bench was carved because of the story being passed down by word of mouth through the generations, long before Bottrell took up his pen and recorded it. His 1873 version is included here.

Mathy Trewhella, my husband, of course,” she said. “Now haul away, if you please.” The captain did not stay to argue, but brought up the anchor immediately. And with a swish from her long gleaming tail she was gone, diving down to the sea-bed and her family.The mermaid of Zennor is a bit of a local legend. The story goes that a long time ago, a beautiful but mysterious lady started to turn up to the services being held at the church in Zennor. Her hair and her voice was a thing of beauty, and it seemed like she loved the voice of the singers in the church and took a special liking to one of them. Zennor is known for his medieval creation of a mermaid in St. Senara parish church. In addition to its traditional Cornish inhabitants, Zennor is one of the few places in the country where people still speak the language. Matthew Trewella, according to the Mermaid Legend, was a young man who possessed an astonishing singing voice, and an enchanting mermaid heard his voice. The Wayside Museum in Zennor is a Tardis of local history located in the heart of town. In addition to the historic mill, the museum contains over 5,000 artifacts. From 5000 years ago to the 1950s, objects from Zenor’s history can be found. During an outbreak of disease, a Plague Stone is stationed outside the museum. Zennor’s church is one of the main reasons that people come to Zennor, to see the mermaid carving in the chair, as mentioned in the story above. On one of these occasions he reversed the role of the mythic siren and entranced a mermaid with his beautiful voice.

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