Dorcas was an elderly lady who lived in a cottage near Polbreen Mine in St. Agnes, Cornwall. One night, unexpectedly she committed suicide by throwing herself down a deep mine shaft. Her body was recovered and buried but her spirit is believed to live on in the mine.
Dorcas usually causes mischief by distracting the men from their work. One man was once called away by an unrecognised voice and no sooner had he left his work station than a huge rock feel and landed on the very place where he had been standing.
In the garden of The Railway Inn Hotel in St. Agnes a shaft from the mine can be found. It is reported that sometimes the spirit of a witch is seen emerging from the shaft, entering the inn and moving pictures on the wall.
Perhaps this is Dorcas herself, and perhaps the reason she committed suicide had something to do with witchcraft.
Cornwall is a very haunted duchy, with numerous tales of hauntings in locations such as Tintagel, Marazion and Mevagissey. Further East in England is the county of Devon, home to Dartmoor and Exmoor, plus haunted towns like Sidmouth and Teignmouth.
Source: http://www.ghostdatabase.co.uk/articles/dorcas/
Try this for breakfast sometime:
Ingredient list
8 eggs.
2 cups of vinegar.
water.
How to poach
Bring the water to a boil in a large saucepan.
Crack the eggs one at a time and drop them gently into the boiling water, being careful not to break yolks.
Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes, moving the eggs several times with a spoon to cook them evenly.
When firm and fully cooked, remove the eggs from the water with a slotted spoon and place in another pan filled with cold water until ready to serve.
Source: http://www.eggrecipes.org/poached-eggs.html
List of ingredients:
3 medium eggs.
1 ½ cups of half-and-half.
1 tablespoon of butter, melted.
1 ½ cup of lobster meat, coarsely chopped.
¾ cup of Swiss cheese, grated.
¾ cup of Cheddar cheese, grated.
1 small onion.
1 clove of garlic.
¼ teaspoon of dry mustard.
½ teaspoon of tarragon.
1 teaspoon of parsley.
Salt and pepper, to taste.
1 packet of prepared pie crusts.
Method:
Preheat your oven to 350F.
Finely chop the onion and sauté in a little butter. Once onion is almost clear, crush the galic and stir in; then remove from heat.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs thoroughly.
Add the half-and-half and beat again.
Stir in the lobster meat, Swiss cheese and Cheddar cheese.
Add the onion and garlic, dry mustard, herbs, salt and pepper to the lobster mixture and combine thoroughly.
Pour into a pie crust that is lining a 9-inch quiche pan.
Bake for 45 minutes or until the quiche is set.
Allow to cool for 5 minutes before slicing.
Source: http://www.lobsterrecipes.us/lobster-quiche.html