#mining folklore

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Maybe fiendish, maybe friendly, knockers are mine-dwelling earth spirits of Cornish folklore. Belief in the fellows followed Cornish immigrants out of Cornwall, lasting up into the mid-20th century.

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Primarily invisible fairies who worked alongside English miners and warned them of coming cave-ins. Be kind to these fairy workers, and pay them as you would any other laborer in the mines.