darkie day Padstow Cornwall

darkie day Padstow Cornwall

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[sirdhume]

Interracial, I love it!

Regards,

Sirdhume

Your legitimate neighbour in the long-established-at-least-seve­ral-hundred-years-ago English County of Cornwall.

[Bradakonkonnie]

Beats the Hell out of Sinterklaas from Holland

[spotthatruth1]

Luv this

[cornubian]

Agan Tas

Agan Tyr

Agan Tavas!

Kernow kensa, Kernow ha Artur bys vyken. Kernow Arta Arta Arta Arta Arta!!!!

Artorius, Rex quandum Rexque futurus. Malum ab aquilone.

[Our Lord, Our Land, Our Language. Cornwall awakes. Cornwall and the King forever. Kernow once again! Arthur, the Once and Future King.]

Note to Sirdhume: Kernewek na sowsenek!

[spotthatruth1]

Just goes to show we ruled britain at one stage

[1Gsxrider]

id say darky day had its origins also at that the beltain bofires and are associated with chimney sweeps ( being a bringer of luck / fertility ) ... they would use the soot from the fires to rub on there faces thus endowing them with fertility from the land / crops in a primitve fertility rite .... ppl mistook this along with the morris being a morrisco or moors dance

[lonearranger]

I notice that you have just lifted this from J R Daescher's youtube cnontribution - which contains a considered discussion .... tut! tut!

[cornubian]

- anyone who does some proper research will agree with your comment.

[cornubian]

Kernow kensa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cinnireseisri]

So you've a lot in common with them in eh?

[cinnireseisri]

Truth is "darky day" was in origin was an ancient midwinter celebration of cornwall. The blacking up of the face had nothing to do with "mummers" or "darkies", African slaves or anything of the sort. But during the period of the "black minstrel" craze a lot of Englishmen compared the Cornish celebration to their racist Anglo tradition, and encouraged its corruption. Much to their amusement. Elsewhere their original tradition remains intact. So who's to blame for "darky day" folks like sirdhume.