Happy St David's Day
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus
pronounced
'Deethe goo-eel Dew-ee happ-iss'
My card today was a freebie image from
Beccy and is named as a crocodile, but, I saw a baby dragon, so that's what he is. AND, as it's St David's Day the Patron Saint of Wales, I made him for this day.
There are a lot of links in this today, I hope it will help you know a little more of this beautiful land, I call home. I hope you enjoy the music too.
It's a CAS card, very simple I know, but it's just for me to put up today. I used the colours of the Welsh flag and as our Dragon is Red, that's what all dragons are to me (even if he is supposed to be a crocodile LOL)
image crocodile/dragon - Beccy
coloured in Photoshop. touch of white gel pen
fussy cut and layered 3 times
sentiment computer generated and also layered 3 times.
glitter glue surrounds paper layers.
When I was a child and for many years after, we had a half school day on St David's Day. The morning was filled with all things Welsh, girls wearing Welsh costumes with a daffodil (our national flower) attached, (that's where my blog name came from) and as boys didn't have a national costume in those days, they wore one of the national emblems which was a leek, the bigger the better LOL. We sang traditional Welsh songs, in Welsh, traditional dances and had
Welsh cakes and
cawl for lunch. I'm ashamed to say I don't speak Welsh, but can read it and understand a lot. I am very proud of being Welsh though. Could you guess?
I did a blog post
here you can see me in costume!
Here is one of the songs I still remember, well, part of it LOL We always sang it in Welsh and it was always fun when we did, it got faster and faster until we couldn't sing it anymore..
- Oes gafr eto?
- Oes heb ei godro?
- Ar y creigiau geirwon
- Mae’r hen afr yn crwydro.
- Gafr wen, wen, wen.
- Ie finwen, finwen, finwen.
- Foel gynffonwen, foel gynffonwen,
- Ystlys wen a chynffon wen, wen, wen.
- Gafr ddu, ddu, ddu.
- Ie finddu, finddu, finddu.
- Foel gynffonddu, foel gynffonddu,
- Ystlys ddu a chynffon ddu, ddu, ddu.
- Gafr goch, goch, goch.
- Ie fingoch, fingoch, fingoch.
- Foel gynffongoch, foel gynffongoch,
- Ystlys goch a chynffon goch, goch, goch.
- Gafr las, las, las.
- Ie finlas, finlas, fin las.
- Foel gynffonlas, foel gynffonlas,
- Ystlys las a chynffon las, las, las.
- And, traditionally, in the last verse
- the goat is always pink...
- Gafr binc, binc, binc.
- Ie fin binc, fin binc, fin binc.
- Foel gynffonbinc, foel gynffonbinc,
- Ystlys binc a chynffon binc, binc, binc.
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- Is there another goat?
- That's not been milked?
- On the craggy rocks
- The old goat is wandering.
- A white, white, white goat,
- Yes white lipped, white lipped, white lipped,
- A bald white tail, a bald white tail
- A white flank and tail, white, white, white.
- A black, black, black goat,
- Yes black lipped, black lipped, black lipped,
- A bald black tail, a bald black tail.
- A black flank and tail, black, black, black.
- A red, red, red goat,
- Yes red lipped, red lipped, red lipped,
- A bald red tail, a bald red tail.
- A red flank and tail, red, red, red.
- A blue, blue, blue goat,
- Yes blue lipped, blue lipped, blue lipped,
- A bald blue tail, a bald blue tail.
- A blue flank and tail, blue, blue, blue.
- A pink, pink, pink goat,
- Yes pink lipped, pink lipped, pink lipped,
- A bald pink tail, a bald pink tail.
- A pink flank and tail, pink, pink, pink.
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Here is another of my personal favourites
Calon Lan, this time you can here it being sung.
