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The first of these is found in Cornwall. In his ''Book of Cornwall'', Baring-Gould reports a “Cornish story ... to the effect that Joseph of Arimathea came in a boat to Cornwall, and brought the Child Jesus with him, and the latter taught him how to extract the tin and purge it of its [ore] wolfram[ite].... When the tin is flashed then the tinner shouts, ‘Joseph was in the tin trade.’”<ref>S. Baring-Gould, ''Book of Cornwall'' (London: Methuen & Co., 1899, 1906), p. 57.</ref> | The first of these is found in Cornwall. In his ''Book of Cornwall'', Baring-Gould reports a “Cornish story ... to the effect that Joseph of Arimathea came in a boat to Cornwall, and brought the Child Jesus with him, and the latter taught him how to extract the tin and purge it of its [ore] wolfram[ite].... When the tin is flashed then the tinner shouts, ‘Joseph was in the tin trade.’”<ref>S. Baring-Gould, ''Book of Cornwall'' (London: Methuen & Co., 1899, 1906), p. 57.</ref> | ||
The second is a Somerset County tradition describing how Jesus and Joseph came to Summerland on a ship from Tarshish and stayed in Paradise (a place name for areas around Burnham and Glastonbury).<ref>Dobson, ''Did Our Lord Visit Britain As They Say in Cornwall and Somerset?''</ref> | The second is a Somerset County tradition describing how Jesus and Joseph came to Summerland on a ship from Tarshish and stayed in Paradise (a place name for areas around Burnham and Glastonbury).<ref>Dobson, ''Did Our Lord Visit Britain As They Say in Cornwall and Somerset?'' p. 26.</ref> | ||
The third says that Jesus and Joseph of Arimathea stayed in the mining village of Priddy, north of Glastonbury, in the Mendip Hills of Somerset County. An old saying there is: “As sure as Our Lord was at Priddy...”<ref>Ibid.</ref> | The third says that Jesus and Joseph of Arimathea stayed in the mining village of Priddy, north of Glastonbury, in the Mendip Hills of Somerset County. An old saying there is: “As sure as Our Lord was at Priddy...”<ref>Ibid., pp. 5, 26.</ref> | ||
The fourth tradition places Jesus and Joseph in Glastonbury. | The fourth tradition places Jesus and Joseph in Glastonbury. | ||
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Summarizing the beliefs, Dobson says: | Summarizing the beliefs, Dobson says: | ||
<blockquote>[Joseph] gained his wealth as an importer in the tin trade, which existed between Cornwall and Phoenicia. On one of his voyages he took Our Lord with him when a boy. Our Lord either remained in Britain or returned later as a young man, and stayed in quiet retirement at Glastonbury. Here he erected for himself a small house of mud and wattle. Later Joseph of Arimathea, fleeing from Palestine, settled in the same place and erected a mud and wattle church.<ref>Ibid.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>[Joseph] gained his wealth as an importer in the tin trade, which existed between Cornwall and Phoenicia. On one of his voyages he took Our Lord with him when a boy. Our Lord either remained in Britain or returned later as a young man, and stayed in quiet retirement at Glastonbury. Here he erected for himself a small house of mud and wattle. Later Joseph of Arimathea, fleeing from Palestine, settled in the same place and erected a mud and wattle church.<ref>Ibid., p. 9.</ref></blockquote> | ||
The evidence that Joseph came to Glastonbury soon after the crucifixion, reviewed above, says that Joseph was in the tin trade. If so, it is likely that he went to Britain periodically and stopped at different mining centers. Thus, it is logical that each of the four traditions could be valid. | The evidence that Joseph came to Glastonbury soon after the crucifixion, reviewed above, says that Joseph was in the tin trade. If so, it is likely that he went to Britain periodically and stopped at different mining centers. Thus, it is logical that each of the four traditions could be valid. | ||