A pasty luncheon on St. Piran’s Day, Saturday, March 4, will celebrate the last of the Cousin Jacks and the first of a new generation of Cornish immigrants to make
By Gage McKinney | Special to The Union
No one will toss pasties this year. The Cornish flag won’t rise above city hall and the choir won’t sing the Cornish anthem “Trelawny.”
As it has on other events, the pandemic has stamped canceled on this year’s St. Piran’s Day, Grass Valley’s quirky celebration named for Cornwall’s patron saint. But be assured, the Cornish are still here.
In their Celtic homeland, in the southwest corner of Britain, the Cornish mined tin since the Bronze Age and copper for nearly as long. They came to California not for riches but for a better life.