Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus i Bawb!

[geardaddy]

Happy St. David's Day to all!

Mwyhewch! Enjoy!

[Sneederbunk]

1. Where can I find a Welsh pub?

[geardaddy]

2. In Wales I expect.

Where are you?

[Siwsan]

3. Cymru am Byth!

Pob dydd, pan dwi'n deffro, dwi'n dweud diolch i Dduw fy mod i'n Gymraeg.

[geardaddy]

5. Fi hefyd!

Iechyd da!

[Siwsan]

7. I'll be indulging in a bit of my treasured Penderyn Whisky, today

Drinking a toast to my ancestral lineage, and to all those who share it!!

[geardaddy]

8. Neis! Nice!

I had a bottle of Penderyn. It was rather expensive, but I managed to finish it off!

[WhiteTara]

4. The same to you!

I tried to find our family crest on the internet and couldn't in a cursory search...but the motto was "burn it to the ground" which came about after Nest was kidnapped and taken to Ireland and has two dragons, one on each side of the castle, as I recall....they may have been lions?

May we all find our roots!

[geardaddy]

6. Ardderchog!

Excellent!

[WhiteTara]

9. After the last try of freedom by

Ryhs and Richard Strongbow, Charles was so furious he had every bard, singer and musician put to death. That was when our family began the exodus and moved to Brittany, Australia and Barbados and eventually to America. Which is why your sig line is so poignant

[geardaddy]

11. You have such a cool history!

My Welsh side comes from my maternal grandmother's parents who emigrated from Port Talbot in South Wales to Scranton, PA. They settled in a Welsh-speaking area of Scranton called Hyde Park. I still have her Welsh-language hymnal.

[WhiteTara]

12. Now that is cool! To have words from

Wales on paper.

My sisters and I are the last of 2 family lines...which is sort of weird. The only thing we have is the stories. When on my father's side grandfather to the right generation signed the declaration, the English burned the family home to the ground. He later rebuilt but sold everything to his half brother who then passed all down through his line.

Strangely, in Europe, my mother's family and my father's family lived about 50 miles away! Who knows if there was interaction, but I always thought that was interesting. Her family settled in the south in Tennessee.

My parents met at the beginning of WWII and they fought the civil war for many years in their relationship...my father used her family heritage as a slam...also weird. His family were rum runners and her family were gun runners....hahaha

Okay, enough of my reminiscing. Off to my day. May yours be the best and brightest!

[geardaddy]

10. Why the Welsh Celebrate St. David's Day.

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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/happy-st-davids-day-2018-12103786

I learned a little here and there and then I went to Cwrs Cymraeg twice. I also spent three months in Bangor learning in an intensive course.

So, learning Welsh is completely doable even if you don't learn in Wales.

[sarge43]

13. May St David and the Red Dragon watch over the good people of the Land of Song

[geardaddy]

14. Diolch!

Thanks!

[csziggy]

15. I was just looking up how to learn Welsh!

My husband and I plan to visit the United Kingdom next year and spend some time researching family history in Wales. I thought being able to speak at least a little of the language could be useful!

My great grandfather came from Llanfihangel y Creuddyn near Aberystwyth in 1872. My husband's ancestors came from Caernarvon in the 1700s - the story is that the immigrant's father was sheriff there.

My great great grandmother was Mary Morgan and her father David Morgan.

Years ago my grandmother bought a book purported to be a genealogy of David Morgan - it is not. Instead it is about a David Morgan who was a revivalist. My grandmother had the title page translated from the original Welsh - the entire book is in Welsh!

[geardaddy]

16. Duolingo is a great way to learn

Say Something in Welsh (SSiW) is also a great free resource.
https://www.saysomethingin.com/welsh/6mws

[csziggy]

17. Thanks! I may have to try it on my phone or tablet

Right now I don't have a mic on my computer though I do have one somewhere around here.

I'm just not sure if 50 years of not learning a new language will allow me to start fresh!