St David is, of course, the patron saint of Wales. His day is March 1st. Unfortunately, this year that is also the date of Ash Wednesday. The Church in Wales has decided to celebrate St David on March 2nd, whereas the Catholics are getting it in early on February 28th. Sounds like we’re going to be making a week of it!
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Kim 02.27.06 at 4:14 pm
Combine them, I say - burn a daffodil!
Beth 02.27.06 at 6:27 pm
Don’t let Meibion Glyndwr hear you say that…
Kim 02.27.06 at 10:49 pm
Seriously though, can anyone tell my why the Catholic and Anglican Churches in Wales couldn’t get their heads together and come to one mind over the date? Unless this is some sort of confessional matter - e.g. Roman vs. Celtic Christianity - surely the Lund Principle applies. And the organisation isn’t rocket science, isn’t it? More like rocket salad!
As for Meibion Glyndwr, I’m not afraid of him - if the fight in the Welsh against the Irish in Dublin on Sunday was anything to go by. Besides Mr.
Glyndwr couldn’t conceivably understand my English. And there is the fact that he is dead, which presents him with a signficant handicap.
Beth 02.27.06 at 11:13 pm
Durh, Kimmy - Meibion Glyndwr = “Sons of Glyndwr”, a supposed Welsh terrorist organisation that claimed responsibility for burning down English holiday homes in Wales. Glyndwr’s first name was Owain.
Richard 02.27.06 at 11:50 pm
Ah yes - the old “Not the Nine O’Clock News” spoof ad: “Come home to a real fire - buy a cottage in Wales”
Whatever happened to the Sons of Glyndwr?
Kim 02.28.06 at 2:32 am
Monty Python tried doing a sketch on the “Sons of Glyndwr”, but ran out time over the pronunciation of their names.
Marged 03.10.06 at 2:25 pm
Here’s a bit of trivia for anyone interested in Welsh history as far as its freedom fighting is concerned: Surprisingly, in its heyday the Meibion Glyndwr was pulling similar stunts to those Michael Collins and Prime Minister (?) Devalier pulled when they were fighting for Ireland’s independence from the English. Incidentally, both countries (Wales and Ireland) at the time had been held under English rule since at least the infamous reign of King John. That’s well over 700 years, folks–Llywelyn ab Iorwerth married Joan, King John’s illegitimate daughter, in 1204 and I believe John died in 1212. And according to a lot of the histories, while Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, who could arguably be the second so-called freedom fighter, was killed Friday, December 11, 1282, if he’d been giving only a few months more, he would have been able to give Wales its freedom. Same with his grandfather, Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, and their distant cousin, Owain Glyndwr.
Marged 03.10.06 at 7:22 pm
Correction: It’s Eamon de Valera, not Devalier.
iwan 05.04.06 at 7:27 pm
the meibion glyndwr still exist beleive me