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Cornish wrestling (Cornish: Omdowl Kernewek) is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer. It is similar to the Breton Gouren wrestling style. It is colloquially known as "wrasslin’" in the Cornish dialect of English; historically, this usage is attested by Chaucer, Shakespeare and Drayton. The referee is known as a 'stickler', and it is claimed that the popular meaning of the word as a 'pedant' originates from this usage.

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  • Cornish wrestling (Cornish: Omdowl Kernewek) is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer. It is similar to the Breton Gouren wrestling style. It is colloquially known as "wrasslin’" in the Cornish dialect of English; historically, this usage is attested by Chaucer, Shakespeare and Drayton. The referee is known as a 'stickler', and it is claimed that the popular meaning of the word as a 'pedant' originates from this usage. Cornish wrestling is a national sport of Cornwall, which spread throughout the British Isles and then, along with the Cornish diaspora, to such places as the United States, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand and South Africa. (en)
  • La lucha de Cornualles ("Cornish wrestling" o “wrasslin” como se llama a veces en inglés de Cornualles) es una forma de lucha tradicional similar al judo, que se ha practicado en Cornualles (al suroeste del Reino Unido) durante varios siglos. El árbitro el conocido como “stickler”, y se dice que el significado popular de la palabra como “pedant” proviene de este uso. Los luchadores en el estilo de Cornualles llevan chaquetas que permiten obtener mejores agarres. (es)
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  • Cornish wrestling (en)
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  • Wrastling is as full of manliness, more delightful and less dangerous .... for you shall hardly find an assembly of boyes in Devon and Cornwall, where the most untowardly amongst them will not as readily give you a muster of this exercise as you are prone to require it. (en)
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  • La lucha de Cornualles ("Cornish wrestling" o “wrasslin” como se llama a veces en inglés de Cornualles) es una forma de lucha tradicional similar al judo, que se ha practicado en Cornualles (al suroeste del Reino Unido) durante varios siglos. El árbitro el conocido como “stickler”, y se dice que el significado popular de la palabra como “pedant” proviene de este uso. Los luchadores en el estilo de Cornualles llevan chaquetas que permiten obtener mejores agarres. (es)
  • Cornish wrestling (Cornish: Omdowl Kernewek) is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer. It is similar to the Breton Gouren wrestling style. It is colloquially known as "wrasslin’" in the Cornish dialect of English; historically, this usage is attested by Chaucer, Shakespeare and Drayton. The referee is known as a 'stickler', and it is claimed that the popular meaning of the word as a 'pedant' originates from this usage. (en)
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  • Cornish wrestling (en)
  • Lucha de Cornualles (es)
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