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From: John Zimmerman <>
Subject: Re: Christmas Customs - #3 - M.A.Courtney, Thursa, Kiss-in-the-ring
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 20:23:50 -0700


Hi, Bill,

Thank you for adding your memories about kiss-in-the-ring. You've
helped to bring another part of Cornwall to life for us all.

Very best regards,

John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona

wrote:
>
> In a message dated 06/12/98 01:01:51 GMT, Elizabeth Agar wrote:
>
> << At about seven o'clock the older
> part of the town began to congregate, and about a quarter past seven they
> began to play 'Thursa'. This game is too well known to need description,
> and I need only say that it was played about one hour, when they began to
> form a ring with the intention, I supposed, of playing that best of games,
> 'Kiss-in-the-Ring' " -(Cornishman, 1881)
>
> [How tantalising! - does anyone know what Thursa is, or the rules for the
> last game above?] >>
>
> I have never heard the word "thursa" but "kiss-in-the-ring" still existed in
> my Cornish childhood in the 1930s.

<snipped>

> Bill Stephens CFHS 7217, SOG 20357
> Researching STEPHENS, COX, RUNDLE, BECKLEY, CON. USA. CANADA

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