Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus!
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Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus!
Just wanted to wish all our Welsh members (and those who live in Wales, and those like me who are half Welsh!) a very Happy St David's Day!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Thank you Rob. The same best wishes to you and to my fellow Welsh.
Wayne, living in an Enid Blyton world.
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Re: Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus!
Happy St David's Day from me too!
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
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And from me:
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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At my school in Cardiff we used to hold an Eisteddfod on the day before, and on the morning of St David's Day, then we had the afternoon off. The four school houses competed against each other.
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I always say I'm half Welsh, because my dad was Welsh (born in North Wales) but his dad was only 'first generation Welsh' and his dad's parents had come to Wales from Rochdale. That's where I get my Northern bluntness from!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus!
Happy St David's Day. My secondary school was called St David's.
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
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Here's something fun from the BBC earlier: 10 Welsh words that will warm up your St David's Day Some of them I'd heard before, some I hadn't. I particularly like "cwtch" (we all need more of those).
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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I'd forgotten about the expression "rhoi'r ffidil yn y tô" but I always liked it! I agree that "cwtch" is a great word, Courtenay, and I also like "ych a fi". Another favourite of mine (though it's definitely not a warming word!) is "hufen iâ", pronounced "hiven yaa". It means "ice-cream" and seems very appropriate as ice-cream is "heaven - yeah"!
That sounds fun, Daisy. I used to love Eisteddfodau and often competed (either reciting a poem, singing in a choir or playing the recorder in a group). Once we'd got through the heats in our own town (Colwyn Bay), we travelled to other places for subsequent rounds, including Mold, Corwen and Llangollen.Daisy wrote:At my school in Cardiff we used to hold an Eisteddfod on the day before, and on the morning of St David's Day, then we had the afternoon off. The four school houses competed against each other.
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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- Courtenay
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I hadn't heard it before, but I like it too. Not to be confused with a Fiddler On the Roof, I assume...Anita Bensoussane wrote:I'd forgotten about the expression "rhoi'r ffidil yn y tô" but I always liked it!
I didn't know that one either! I'm still learning Cornish and enjoy comparing words with Welsh, as the two languages are closely related (not quite mutually intelligible but up to 80% of the words are recognisably similar if not the same), but "ice cream" in Cornish is quite different — "dehen rew". But still heaven, especially when it's made with clotted cream.Anita Bensoussane wrote:Another favourite of mine (though it's definitely not a warming word!) is "hufen iâ", pronounced "hiven yaa". It means "ice-cream" and seems very appropriate as ice-cream is "heaven - yeah"!
Wish we'd had Eisteddfodau at our school when I was little! Being in rural Australia, our only competitions were sporting ones, which I was terrible at. I would have loved to join in competitions for music and poetry!Anita Bensoussane wrote:That sounds fun, Daisy. I used to love Eisteddfodau and often competed (either reciting a poem, singing in a choir or playing the recorder in a group). Once we'd got through the heats in our own town (Colwyn Bay), we travelled to other places for subsequent rounds, including Mold, Corwen and Llangollen.Daisy wrote:At my school in Cardiff we used to hold an Eisteddfod on the day before, and on the morning of St David's Day, then we had the afternoon off. The four school houses competed against each other.
Well, I will definitely have to have a proper holiday in Wales some day! (I've only been just over the border a couple of times, very briefly.)
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Make sure you go to the REAL Wales - I mean - North Wales!!! That will always be Real Wales to me - Snowdon and Denbigh and Rhyl and Llangollen etc. Colwyn Bay too of course! And Angelsey.Courtenay wrote: Well, I will definitely have to have a proper holiday in Wales some day! (I've only been just over the border a couple of times, very briefly.)
I would also have loved an Eisteddfod at our school...although I'd probably have been too shy to take part. I was never good at sport (except sprinting and javelin) and I was great with poetry etc. We did singing and country dancing at our primary school - but most of the competitions the school went in for were sports-based - not my thing at all.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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I have every intention of going to North Wales, don't worry. Including Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.Rob Houghton wrote: Make sure you go to the REAL Wales - I mean - North Wales!!! That will always be Real Wales to me - Snowdon and Denbigh and Rhyl and Llangollen etc. Colwyn Bay too of course! And Angelsey.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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That's one place I've never been. Imagine the size of the railway ticket!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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