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Nickanan Night (sometimes
called Hall
Monday or
Peasen Monday) is a
Cornish feast,
traditionally held
during Shrovetide,
specifically on
Shrove Monday...
- anone, Then
comes in one cr****, "hot shepe's feet" - One cr**** "mackerel!" "
Peasen green"
another gan grete; And bad me by a hoode, to
cover my heade; But...
- πίσος (pisos) 'pea'. It was
adopted into
English as the noun
pease (plural
peasen), as in
pease pudding. However, by
analogy with
other plurals ending in...
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rarely celebrated these days. In east Cornwall, it is
sometimes called Peasen Monday or
Paisen Monday after the
custom of
eating pea soup on that day...
- English. For example, pea was
originally a
false singular from
pease pl.
peasen. The old word
remains in the
phrase pease porridge. The non-standard historical...
- For example,
pease (modern peas) was in
origin a
singular with
plural peasen. However,
pease came to be
analysed as
plural by analogy, from
which a new...
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Capital (and
beating heart) of
Cornish Mining.
Nickanan Night also
called Peasen Monday Throughout Cornwall Unknown - not
publicly celebrated Shrove Monday...
