Tom Bawcock
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Tom Bawcock is a legendary character from the village of Mousehole, Cornwall.
[edit] The legend
Tom Bawcock is seen as a Cornish legend. The legend goes that there was a terrible storm and that no fishermen could leave the quay to fish. Soon, the village was swept with famine. Tom Bawcock risked his life to go out and fish and managed to come back with enough fish to feed the village until the storm was over. All the fish was put into a big pie, and the pie called "Stargazy pie".
[edit] Tradition
Every year on 23 December a festival takes place in the village of Mousehole in Cornwall. It is called Tom Bawcocks Eve, and Stargazy pie is served up in the local inn to all the villagers.
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