Cornish Facts

🏴☠️ Cornish Facts to Chew On

1. Cornish pasties were miner’s fuel.
   Miners held the crust to avoid dirty hands contaminating the filling—then tossed it!

2. Protected Status:
   “Cornish Pasty” is protected by law (PGI)—it must be made in Cornwall using a traditional recipe.

3. One Past(y) to Rule Them All:
   In 2010, the world’s longest pasty was made in Cornwall—over 32 feet long!

4. The Cornish flag (St. Piran’s Cross) is black with a white cross—symbolizing tin (white) in the rock (black).

5. Cornwall has its own language—Kernewek, a Celtic language once extinct but now revived.

6. Tin mining shaped Cornwall’s identity, and Cornish miners took pasties as far as Mexico and Australia.

7. Pasty superstition:
   Some believed pasties had magical powers to ward off evil spirits in mines.

 

🗣️ What’s an Oggy?

“Oggy, oggy, oggy!”
“Oi, oi, oi!”

That chant? It started with the Cornish pasty!

• "Oggy" is a traditional Cornish slang word for a pasty. It comes from the Cornish word "hogen", meaning pasty.

• In mining days, pasty-sellers would shout “Oggy oggy oggy!” down the mineshafts to let hungry workers know lunch was here.

• The workers would shout back “Oi oi oi!” and come running for a hot, hearty bite.

So next time you bite into a pasty—you’re not just having lunch, you’re tasting a legend.