First, it’s cotton boll, not cotton ball. And the boll weevil feeds on same. Also, a weevil is not a rat-sized gopher-like mammal but rather a small beetle.

Second, if you’re Cornish you’re from Cornwall. I’d never made that connection before.

Oh, and there’s a Margate in England too (we have our very own Margate here on PEI). The things you can learn from Relocation, Relocation.