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His involvement led to hundreds of Cornishmen going back and forth between Cornwall and Hidalgo in the coming decades.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

When he falls head over heels for the mine captain’s new wife, Polly, a cadre of crazy Cornishmen take off in hot pursuit of the poet and his muse.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

"The only thing it was missing was 5,000 Cornishmen shouting their heads off," Paver told BBC Radio Cornwall.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2021

When it comes to legendary living Cornishmen, even Padstow's Rick Stein knows his place.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2013

He has made additions to churches in Cornwall, such as it may well be imagined the old Cornishmen would have done, yet with an indescribable touch of modernness about them.

From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.