The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies

The Organisation for those who love Cornwall.

 "Cuntelleugh an brewyon us gesys na vo kellys travyth"

(Gather up the fragments that are left that nothing be lost.)

The Dialect of Cornwall in Conjunction with Brian Stevens Recorder of Dialect

Introduction

Discovering Dialect

A - Z of Dialect Words

Cornish Dialect Phrases Dialect Poetry  Dialect Stories
 
Dialect Songs West Penwith West Cornwall Mid Cornwall East Cornwall North Cornwall
 
Books Quizzes

Latest News - Words, from Kea added. see Mid Cornwall

Links Listen to some dialect Cornish Gorsedd   Dialect Competition
 

Words & Phrases North Cornwall

To search the site open a page then click on Edit in the toolbar and click on "Find on this page" type in a word. this will then search that page. Remember that if you type in an English word the dialect answer may not begin with the same letter.

 

 

Playing Kayling's at St Merryn

Words and phrases of Padstow 

Article on Ellen Slogget by John Buckingham

Words provided by Malc Mc Carthy

Words and phrases provided by Mary Sinnott and Jean Haigh 

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Words and phrases of Bude & District

Words provided by Mr Timms of Kilkhampton

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 Dialect Words Similes and Phrases from St Gennys

Provided by Mr Frank Smeeth in 1940