143 Cornish diamonds. Crystals of quartz, " of a fine clear water but some are yellow, brown, cloudy, opake, white, green, purple, black. The black is very rare, and called by Linnaeus nitrum guartzosum nigrum^ or '^ Morion." Borlase's Natural History, Cornish organ. The bellows. Cornish pies. These are various, toothsome, and wholesonie. Some are peculiar. It is a moot question which is the better, a Cornish pie or a Cornish pasty. Here is a list of a few pies : — ^ 1. Squab pie. 9. Nattlin pie. 2. Fishy pie. 10. Muggety pie. 3. Star-gazing pie. 11. Likkey pie. 4. Conger pie. 12. Tetty pie. 5. Parsley pie. 13. Giblet pie. 6. Herby pie. 14. Taddago pie. 7. Lamb-y pie. 15. Bottom pie. 8. Piggy pie. 16. Sour-sab pie, &c. They say that the Devil would not venture into Cornwall, fearing that the Cornish might put him into a pie. They use pepper instead. Cornish. "To Cornish together," i.e., several persons to use only one glass like "a loving cup." Cornish hair. The rough wool of ancient Cornish sheep. Carew.
- The composition of these pies is given, for the most part, in
this Glossary,
