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The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough (/ ˈ tʃ ʌ f / CHUF; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its eight subspecies breed on mountains and coastal cliffs from the western coasts of Ireland and Britain east through southern Europe and North Africa to Central ...
The chough (Cornish: palores) is also used as a symbol of Cornwall. In Cornish poetry the chough is used to symbolise the spirit of Cornwall. [clarification needed] Also there is a Cornish belief that King Arthur lives in the form of a chough. "Chough" was also used as a nickname for Cornish people. [clarification needed]
Supporters: On either side a Cornish chough proper [beaked and legged gules], [2] supporting an ostrich feather Argent, penned Or. Motto: Houmont [1] (or Houmout). [3] [4] [5] The shield is ensigned with the Heir Apparent's coronet. [6] The supporters were granted by Royal Warrant of 21 June 1968. [1] Council
New Zealand 1905, 1924 (at Camborne RFC) Australia 1908 (twice) - GB Olympic Silver medal (at Camborne RFC and White City Stadium) South Africa 1906,1912 (at Redruth RFC) Maoris 1926 (at Falmouth RFC) Sélection française 1969 (at Clermont Ferrand) France "B" 1970 (at Redruth RFC) Comité de Rugby du Lyonnais 1971,1972 (at Vienne and Camborne RFC)
The Cornish in America. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran. June 1991. ISBN 978-1-85022-059-6. Todd, Arthur C. The Cornish Miner in America: the Contribution to the Mining History of the United States by Emigrant Cornish Miners: the Men Called Cousin Jacks. Arthur H. Clark (publisher). September 1995. ISBN 978-0-87062-238-0.
Troon (Cornish: Trewoon) [1] is a village in Cornwall, UK, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.5 kilometres) southeast of Camborne. The village lies at around 560 feet (170 m) above sea level. [2] [3] An electoral ward named Troon and Beacon covers the area north from Troon to the outskirts of Camborne. The population at the 2011 census was 5,410. [4] New ...
Praze an Beeble (Cornish: Pras an Bibel), [1] sometimes shortened to Praze, is a village in Cornwall, Great Britain. It lies between the nearby towns of Camborne (2.5 miles) and Helston (7 miles) in the civil parish of Crowan. The name Praze an Beeble was first recorded in 1697 and means the meadow of the pipe/conduit. [2]
Greeneville is a town in and the county seat of Greene County, Tennessee, United States. [13] The population as of the 2020 census was 15,479. [14] The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene, [5] and it is the second oldest town in Tennessee.