The phrase Tre, Pol and Pen is used to describe people from or places in Cornwall, UK. The full rhyming couplet runs: By Tre, Pol and Pen shall ye know all Cornishmen.[1] [2] Many Cornish surnames and place names still retain these words as prefixes, such as the name Trelawny and the town of Polperro. Tre in the Cornish language means a settlement or homestead; Pol, a pond, lake or well; and Pen, a hill or headland.
[edit] Examples in Cornish surnames
[edit] Examples in Cornish places
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Tre, Pol and Pen - The Cornish Family by Bernard Deacon
- ^ Cornish surnames - By Tre, Pol and Pen shall ye know all Cornishmen
