St david's day For Judy
Mar 1, 2010 17:31:49 GMT
Post by francesca on Mar 1, 2010 17:31:49 GMT
Hi Judy,
St David is the patron Saint of Wales,
He was born in Wales in the 6th century became a priest and later bishop who worked to spread Christianity throughout Wales and caused many of our old churches and cathedrals to be built The cathedral of St David's in Ceredigion (anglizised Cardigan)is one of the oldest in the UK and is where he died . you could probably google it if you were interested.
Forms of his name are David, Dewi(roughly pronounciationDairwee, )Dafydd( Davith),Dai
When I was in school we had half day off but the killjoys ended that.
the schools celebrate with Eisteddfodau ( ice teth vod eye) Competive reciting and writing of poetry ,prose , singing both solo and choral, and short plays, piano and harp playing, and dancing )
It is a happy day because St. David's last words are reputed to be "Be joyful, keep the faith"
Everyone wears daffodils, bit short at present due to cold , usually all the gardens and road vergers are full of them. We have Cawl(pr cowl) sort of lamb stew and Welsh cakes and Bara brith and teisin both sort of tea cakes.
David is a lovely name . It is my eldest son's name and it is his 13th birthday today.
I expect you are sick of all things Welsh by now but it is a very old culture and those of us lucky to be Welsh are immensely proud of it.
St David is the patron Saint of Wales,
He was born in Wales in the 6th century became a priest and later bishop who worked to spread Christianity throughout Wales and caused many of our old churches and cathedrals to be built The cathedral of St David's in Ceredigion (anglizised Cardigan)is one of the oldest in the UK and is where he died . you could probably google it if you were interested.
Forms of his name are David, Dewi(roughly pronounciationDairwee, )Dafydd( Davith),Dai
When I was in school we had half day off but the killjoys ended that.
the schools celebrate with Eisteddfodau ( ice teth vod eye) Competive reciting and writing of poetry ,prose , singing both solo and choral, and short plays, piano and harp playing, and dancing )
It is a happy day because St. David's last words are reputed to be "Be joyful, keep the faith"
Everyone wears daffodils, bit short at present due to cold , usually all the gardens and road vergers are full of them. We have Cawl(pr cowl) sort of lamb stew and Welsh cakes and Bara brith and teisin both sort of tea cakes.
David is a lovely name . It is my eldest son's name and it is his 13th birthday today.
I expect you are sick of all things Welsh by now but it is a very old culture and those of us lucky to be Welsh are immensely proud of it.
, thanks for all the great information, Frannie! It's really interesting to learn about other traditions. One of many reasons to love the Rooftop!!!
