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There is an ongoing folk music tradition associated with Tom Bawcock's Eve.

On 23 December, Tom Bawcock decided to brave the storms and went out in his fishing boat.

Below is one version of Tom Bawcock's Song.

The pie is cooked as part of traditional celebrations for Tom Bawcock's Eve.

Good bawcock, bate thy rage; use lenity, sweet chuck!

There is a possibility that Tom Bawcock's Eve is an evolution of this festival.

Tom Bawcock is a legendary character from the village of Mousehole, Cornwall.

In this case, the pie is served to celebrate the bravery of Tom Bawcock, a local fisherman in the 16th century.

Ever since then, the Tom Bawcock's Eve festival is held on 23 December in Mousehole.

It is the story of Tom Bawcock and his loyal black and white cat, Mowzer, setting sail to catch the fish.

"Merry place you may believe, tiz Mouzel 'pon Tom Bawcock's eve.

Picrous Day and Chewidden Thursday seem to have similar origins to Tom Bawcock's Eve.

His description was regarding the festivities prior to 1900, though he doubted the reality of Tom Bawcock, suggesting it was in fact "Beau Coc".

Morton Nance went on to restore the traditional song sung on Tom Bawcock's Eve, played to the local tune "wedding March".

The story of Bawcock was popularised by Antonia Barber's children's book The Mousehole Cat, which featured the star-gazy pie.

The children's book The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber is inspired by Tom Bawcock's Eve.

SIR TOBY BELCH Why, how now, my bawcock!

On Tom Bawcock's Eve it is served in The Ship Inn, the only pub in Mousehole, sometimes after a re-enactment of the legend.

Based on the legend of Cornish fisherman Tom Bawcock and the stargazy pie, it tells the tale of a cat who goes with its owner on a fishing expedition in rough seas.

The celebration and memorial to the efforts of Tom Bawcock sees the villagers parading a huge stargazy pie during the evening with a procession of handmade lanterns, before eating the pie itself.

The festival is held in celebration and memorial of the efforts of legendary Mousehole resident Tom Bawcock to lift a famine from the village by going out to fish in a severe storm.

The most likely derivation of the name 'Bawcock' is from Middle English use (influenced from French) where a Bawcock is a nickname for a fine or worthy fellow.

The children's book The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber was inspired by the traditions and practice of Tom Bawcock's Eve and resulted in a television production of the same name.

Tom Bawcock's Eve is a unique celebration held on December 23 each year to celebrate the ending of a famine in the 16th century by local resident Tom Bawcock.

As the name Tom was often used as a generic description for any man it is likely that Tom Bawcock was a symbolic name for 'any fine fellow' who risked his life in pursuit of fishing.