Margaret Ann Courtney was an author resident in Penzance

Penzance

Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...

, Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, UK in the late 19th century. M. A. Courtney is best known for her book Cornish feasts and folklore (ISBN 0-87471-020-0), first published in 1890. This is a detailed description of many of the traditions and folklore present in west Cornwall prior to this date which has been influential in the understanding of Cornish

Cornish people

The Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...

 culture and traditions.

Works

• 1880: Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall. West Cornwall, by M. A. Courtney; East Cornwall, by T. Q. Couch. London: published for the English Dialect Society, by Trübner & Co
• 1890: Cornish Feasts & Folklore. Penzance: Beare and Son. "Revised and reprinted from the Folk-lore society journals, 1886-87."

See also

• West Cornwall May Day celebrations
  West Cornwall May Day Celebrations
  The West Cornwall May Day celebrations are an example of folk practices found in the western part of Cornwall, United Kingdom, associated with the coming of spring. The celebration of May Day is a common motif throughout Europe and beyond. In Cornwall there are a number of notable examples of this...
  
  
• Allantide
  Allantide
  Allantide is a Cornish festival that was traditionally celebrated on 31 October elsewhere known as Hallowe'en. The festival itself seems to have pre-Christian origins similar to most celebrations on this date, however in Cornwall it was popularly linked to St Allen or Arlan a little known Cornish...
  
  
• Golowan
• Guise dancing
  Guise Dancing
  Guise dancing is a folk practice celebrated between Christmas Day and Twelfth Night in Cornwall, UK...
  
  

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