A bal maiden, from the Cornish language bal, a mine, and the English "maiden", a young or unmarried woman, was a female manual labourer working in the...
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Look up Bal or bal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bal or BAL may refer to: Bal (surname), including a list of people with the name Bal (given name)...
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(also found in Devon) Bal – a mine (in use after the year 1800, from Cornish language, related to palas, meaning 'to dig') Bal maiden – a woman working at...
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A gook was a piece of protective headgear worn by bal maidens (female manual labourers in the mining industries of Cornwall and Devon). The gook was a...
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August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023. "Stripped & Teased | Credits". Bal-Maiden Films. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-06-21...
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England – Smock Cornwall – Sou'wester hat, fisherman's smock, gansey, bal-maiden clothing, Cornish kilts and tartans London – Pearly kings and queens Northern...
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World War, to provide feldspar for electrical porcelain with at least 50 bal maidens separating the feldspar. Since 2011 the quarry has been an EarthCache...
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dressing in trousers was considered unfeminine and degenerate by society. Bal maiden - women who worked the Cornish tin mines Victorian dress reform Footnotes...
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"Maid" In Anglo-Cornish dialect "maid" is commonly used to mean "girl"; Bal maidens were women working at the mines of Cornwall, at smashing ore &c. "A day...
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5-060109-992738 Tane an Gove: the title refers to Michael An Gof Bal maiden: Bal=Mine. Bal maidens were employed at the surface to break up ore-bearing rocks...
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