Chewidden Thursday
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Chewidden Thursday (also known as White Thursday, Chewidden Day or Jew-whidn) was a festival celebrated by the tin miners of West Cornwall on the last clear Thursday (I.E. at least 1 week before) Christmas. The festival celebrated the discovery of 'white tin' or smelted tin by St Chiwidden a little known Cornish saint who in legend was an associate of St Piran.