Picrous Day was a festival celebrated by the tin miners of Cornwall on the First Thursday before Christmas. The Day commemorated the putative discovery of tin by a man named Picrous, whom miners in the East of Cornwall celebrated as the founder of tin mining instead of St Piran.
Picrous Day was a festival celebrated by the tin miners of Cornwall on the First Thursday before Christmas. The Day commemorated the putative discovery of tin by a man named Picrous, whom miners in the East of Cornwall celebrated as the founder of tin mining instead of St Piran.
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