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from the Chronicles of Celtic Folk Customs by Brian Day....
7th June, St Meriasek's Day, St Colman's Day
CELTIC. St Meriasek was a 6th century Cornish saint from Cambourne,
whose protection was traditionally sought by tin miners. They put clay
images of him at mine entrances and at the entrances to each level of
workin, even as late as this century. St Colman was from Ulster.
Interesting websites:
St Meriasek: http://www.bath.ac.uk/lispring/sourcearchive/ns1/ns1tgh6.htm
St Colman (from Mayo): http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04115c.htm
St Colman (from Dalaradia): http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04115d.htm
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-Hi Yolande,
I looked at the 1891 Census at Scyborfach Street and could
not find your Gear Family there,
I have found some information, hope it is of some help
Good Luck
Lynda
1861 Census Llansamlet Lower
Address Foxhole Grocer Shop
James GEAR Hd M 37 Grocer Born Dev Ilfracombe
Maria W 37 Born Dev Combe Martin
Hellen Da 7 Born Ken - Beckenham
James Irwin So 4 Born Ken - Beckenham
John So 2 Born Sts - Canwell
Emily Da 1 Born Gla - Llansamlet
There is an Emily Erwin GEAR on the 1881 census unmarried living
at 37 Commercial St Cwmdu Swansea Occ, Assistant Draper Born Swansea
St Mary's Church Bapt
24 Jan 1866
Albert Irwin Gear age 1
16 Dec 1868
Sydney Irwin Gear age 1
Sons of James Gear - Grocer and Maria
St. Mary's Church Swansea - Burials
8 Sept 1899
James Irwin Gear age 15 months - 49 Wheatfield Terrace
I also checked Wheatfield Terrace on the 1891 but sorry there were No Gear's
there
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From: yolande ghosh [mailto:griffy242003@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: 03 June 2003 15:11
To: WLS-SWANSEA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [Swansea] census lookup in Swansea
Could someone do an 1871 and 1891 census lookup for me for John Irwin Gear
please.
I have his parents and brothers in Scyborfach Street, Swansea in the 1881
census, but he does not appear. I think he may have been at sea as he was a
master mariner. The 1881 census shows his family as James Gear, born 1824
Ilfracombe and Maria Gear born 1826 Combe Martin. I'm not sure when they
came to Swansea from Devon, but the oldest child shown at the census was
born in 1864 in Swansea.
Yolande
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from the Chronicle of Celtic Folk Customs, by Brian Day
4th June, St Petroc's Day
CELTIC. St Petroc was a 6th century Cornishman who founded the
monasteries at Padstow and Little Petherick. His head-reliquary can be
seen in the parish church at Bodmin.
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Hi List
Does anyone have a description of Park Street, Swansea in the 1850's or know of any pictures of it. I should imagine it has changed greatly over the years.
My Symons ancestors settled there approx 1854 from Barnstaple in Devon. They had friends & relations with living with them and the 1861 Census shows the house was full of Devon ex-pats!!
Any help greatly appreciated
Jeremy
Could someone do an 1871 and 1891 census lookup for me for John Irwin Gear please.
I have his parents and brothers in Scyborfach Street, Swansea in the 1881 census, but he does not appear. I think he may have been at sea as he was a master mariner. The 1881 census shows his family as James Gear, born 1824 Ilfracombe and Maria Gear born 1826 Combe Martin. I'm not sure when they came to Swansea from Devon, but the oldest child shown at the census was born in 1864 in Swansea.
Yolande
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Hi Pat
So thats what's missing from the days I hand shear my sheep! I will remedy
it this year!
I knew it could'nt all be sweat,flies,and sheep s**t!
My other half says is the cake for us or the sheep!
Maggie
>From: Pat Connors <nymets11(a)pacbell.net>
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>To: WLS-SWANSEA-L(a)rootsweb.com
>Subject: [Swansea] Shearing Cake
>Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 08:18:58 -0700
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>Shearing Cake
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>1 lb (450 b) plain flour
>1 heaped teaspoon baking powder
>8 oz (225 g) butter
>Pinch of salt
>12 oz (675 g) soft brown sugar
>1 tablespoon caraway seeds
>1 lemon
>1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
>1/2 pint (300 ml) milk
>2 eggs
>
>Sift the flour and baking powder and rub in the butter. Grate the lemon
>rind and extract the juice. Put both in the flour, with the sugar, caraway
>seeds, nutmeg and a pinch of salt. Mix, and continue to stir as you pour
>in the milk. Beat the eggs and add these, mixing again. Fold into a 9 in
>(22.5 cm) cake tin lined with greaseproof paper and bake in a moderate oven
>at 350°F/180°C for about 1 1/2 hours.
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Hi Pat,
Laverbread is boiled seaweed, sieved. It ends up a black, soft consistency.
Not much taste in itself, but absorbs the bacon taste. Looks far worse than
it tastes.
Rissoles, traditionally, are a mixture of meat (often corned beef), onion &
mashed potato.
Formed into balls, rolled in breadcrumbs & deep fried.
Laverbread could be fried in rissole shapes, i.e.round, or most people would
just fry it as one piece.
Hope this helps.
HJ
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Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 4:22 PM
Subject: [Swansea] Cockles, Lavenbread and Bacon
> Cockles, Laverbread and Bacon
>
> 4 oz (100 g) laverbread
> 1 oz (25g) fine or medium oatmeal
> 2 rashers bacon
> 2 eggs
> Cockles
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> Mix the laverbread and oatmeal together and form into rissoles. Remove
> cockles from shells and wash them thoroughly. Fry the bacon dry so that
> the fat runs out. Remove bacon and keep warm. Now fry the
> rissole-shaped lavercakes on both sides and keep with the bacon. Beat
> the eggs and add the cockles, then pour the mixture into the frying pan
> and cook. Serve hot.
>
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> My questions: What is laverbread? What are rissoles?
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Thanks, John. They sound delightful. I will try them after my next
corned beef dinner.
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I have just updated the Swansea Surname Registry on the Wls-Swansea
Mailing List website. You can access it at the URL under my name. When
you get to my home page, at the top, under Mailing Lists, click on
Wls-Swansea. On the list's website, in the middle under Addresses to
Remember, you will find a link for the Surname Registry. Please check
your submission for accuracy. I do make mistakes.
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>Rissoles, traditionally, are a mixture of meat (often corned beef), onion & mashed potato.
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This sounds like what we call corned beef hash. Thanks so much for the
explanations. I learn new things everyday.
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Cockles, Laverbread and Bacon
4 oz (100 g) laverbread
1 oz (25g) fine or medium oatmeal
2 rashers bacon
2 eggs
Cockles
Mix the laverbread and oatmeal together and form into rissoles. Remove
cockles from shells and wash them thoroughly. Fry the bacon dry so that
the fat runs out. Remove bacon and keep warm. Now fry the
rissole-shaped lavercakes on both sides and keep with the bacon. Beat
the eggs and add the cockles, then pour the mixture into the frying pan
and cook. Serve hot.
My questions: What is laverbread? What are rissoles?
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Shearing Cake
1 lb (450 b) plain flour
1 heaped teaspoon baking powder
8 oz (225 g) butter
Pinch of salt
12 oz (675 g) soft brown sugar
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
1 lemon
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/2 pint (300 ml) milk
2 eggs
Sift the flour and baking powder and rub in the butter. Grate the lemon
rind and extract the juice. Put both in the flour, with the sugar,
caraway seeds, nutmeg and a pinch of salt. Mix, and continue to stir as
you pour in the milk. Beat the eggs and add these, mixing again. Fold
into a 9 in (22.5 cm) cake tin lined with greaseproof paper and bake in
a moderate oven at 350°F/180°C for about 1 1/2 hours.
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from the Chronicle of Celtic Fold Customs by Brian Day
The lightest month of the year was a time of great activity, and the
bonfires of St. John's and St Peter's Eves late in the month signaled
the turn of the agricultural season. Hay-making began, the
fruit-pickers were out in force, herring fisherman set sail for their
season until October, and the sheep-shearers, particularly in Wales,
began a period of furious activity which ended in riotous celebration.
Welsh sheep-shearers would fortify themselves on Shearing Cake (recipe
to follow).
Summer is the time when cockles were collected on Welsh beaches, and
still are on Llanrhidian sands, West Glamorgan, most mornings. Either
marsh ponies and carts or donkeys and baskets were taken down to the
mud-flats or sands. The cockles are found about 1 in below the surface,
using a sickle-like implement to cut up the sand, scooping it up and
sieving. Once cleaned and washed they can be boiled, pickled or fried
in butter. They were sold daily in Swansea market. Favourite dishes
include cockles, leeks and bacon, or Cockles, Lavenbreaad and Bacon
(recipes to follow).
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