Talk:Gulval

Ding Dong mine
Appears to be something worthy of an article to itself. There is a windmill also.Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 04:01, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Feel free to expand this section or this page. --BEANS X2 (talk) 12:37, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

James Payne legend
It seems unlikely that there would be an Anglican Press in Plymouth in 1796 and 18th century books would rarely use archaic spellings like "weste": can any other reference be provided for the same legend? If it has never been published since 1796 it perhaps does not need to be in Wikipedia.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 20:19, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

This legend is well known in the area, and has been passed down by word of mouth through the generations, for sure with time it has proberbly changed, but it is what it says... a legend. Many local guide/ story /tourist books current/old and ancient feature this legend, I have tried to keep only the most common denominaters from all of them in this account. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.184.79 (talk) 22:45, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

As far as I know this supposed legend is not mentioned in Hunt, Bottrell or Margaret Courtney, the three main sources for West Cornwall folklore. Boase and Courtney's Bibliotecha Cornubiensis (VolII) of 1878 does not mention either the book or the writer. So I reckon that somewhere along the line someone is spoofing. If its in local tradition and guide books let's see the report of the field work or see the documents that mention the tale or the book. Crowdercref (talk) 22:54, 26 April 2020 (UTC)


 * I've taken it out, the "source" appears not to exist. Looks like schoolkids baiting their mates. DuncanHill (talk) 23:08, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Start class?
This article looks good enough to be C-class. What needs to be done to upgrade this article? PA? —Best known for IP (85.255.233.81 (talk)) 18:05, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
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 * You can assess the article and change the class itself or ask another experienced editor to do so. In my opinion, the article doesn’t meet C-class guidelines - there aren’t an awful lot of sources nor is there much information. Regards, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 09:24, 20 August 2019 (UTC)


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John Thomas
See this - there is no evidence he was a pirate or smuggler, and the "eyebrows" thing seems to have been something someone made up one day. DuncanHill (talk) 00:03, 5 July 2021 (UTC)