{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/prwe/prwe348.htm","path":"neu/eng/prwe/prwe348.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/prwe/prwe348.htm","text":"ST CHIWIDDEN.\nTHE last Thursday--a clear week before Christmas day --was formerly always claimed by the tinners as a holiday, and was called by them White-Thursday (Jew-whidn), because on this day, according to tradition, black tin (tin ore) was first melted and refined into white tin. From Jew-whian to Chi-widden 'is an easy transition. Jew-whidn is a name given to the old furnaces generally called Jews'-houses.","title":"Popular Romances of the West of England: Appendix: St Chiwidden","type":"page"}