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Cornish Knockers
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Started conversation Jun 3, 2006
Just retuned from a holiday in Cornwall where I drank a beautiful ale called 'Cornish Knockers' (
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slapped wrist, BigAl!). This is named after the Cornish tin mine fairies that knocked to show miners where the best vein of tin ore was.
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/english_folk/knockers.html
Cornish Knockers
Emmily ~ Roses are red, Peas are green, My face is a laugh, But yours is a scream Posted Jun 3, 2006
Beautiful due to its name or its taste BigAl? 
Emmily 
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