SC - Happy St. David's Day!
Elysant at aol.com
Elysant at aol.com
Wed Mar 1 15:22:38 PST 2000
- -Poser: <Elysant at aol.com>
>Shall we all wear leeks in our hats to show solidarity today?
>Christianna
>St. David's Feast Day (4th Cent) Patron Saint of Wales & Poets. His
>symbol is the leek, probably because he ate a lot of leeks as part of his
>vegetarian diet. He established many monasteries and performed some
>miracles. This date commemorates a Welsh victory over the English, when
>they wore leeks in their hats to identify their countrymen.
Well I've certainly got mine on. :-)
Incidentally, "Saint David's day" in Welsh is "Dydd Gwyl Dewi"
And how to say that =
"Deeth (soft "th" like in that)
gww--yul
Deweeee" (with the emphasis is on first e which is
pronounced
like the first "e" in "never")
Elysant
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