English Explanatory Dictionary

Tom Bawcock's Eve

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Meanings

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  1. An annual festival held on 23 December in Mousehole, Cornwall, to celebrate the efforts of legendary Mousehole resident Tom Bawcock to save the village from famine by going out to fish in a severe storm.

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Tom Bawcock's Eve
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