Tom Bawcock’s Eve

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Tom Bawcock’s Eve is a traditional Cornish festival held each December in the fishing village of Mousehole, celebrating a legendary fisherman’s perilous winter catch with a communal feast featuring the famous Stargazy pie.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cornish festival ⓘ
festival ⓘ
folk tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Cornish folklore ⓘ
fishing community traditions ⓘ
maritime folklore ⓘ
basedOn legend of Tom Bawcock ⓘ
celebratedIn Mousehole ⓘ
commemorates legendary fisherman’s perilous winter catch ⓘ
saving the village from famine ⓘ
country England ⓘ
culturalSignificance local identity of Mousehole ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
features communal feast ⓘ
lanterns ⓘ
local music ⓘ
procession ⓘ
singing ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Cornwall ⓘ
hasDish Stargazy pie with fish heads protruding ⓘ
fish pie ⓘ
pilchard-based dishes ⓘ
hasGenre folk festival ⓘ
seasonal celebration ⓘ
hasKeyFood Stargazy pie ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Cornish culture ⓘ
hasLocalName Tom Bawcock’s Eve festival ⓘ
hasNarrativeElement ballad of Tom Bawcock ⓘ
tales of stormy seas ⓘ
hasSymbol fish heads looking out of pie crust ⓘ
locatedIn Cornwall ⓘ
Mousehole ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
namedAfter Tom Bawcock ⓘ
occursInMonth December ⓘ
primaryParticipants residents of Mousehole ⓘ
visitors and tourists ⓘ
relatedTo Cornish cuisine ⓘ
Mousehole Harbour Lights ⓘ
Stargazy pie ⓘ
religiousAspect largely secular ⓘ
season winter ⓘ
theme abundance of food ⓘ
gratitude for safe return of fishermen ⓘ
timeOfYear December ⓘ
typeOfFoodTradition fish-based feast ⓘ

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Mousehole → hasCulturalAssociation → Tom Bawcock’s Eve ⓘ
Mousehole → celebratesFestival → Tom Bawcock’s Eve ⓘ