A Year of Late Cornish

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans ha Pajar De Gwener, üdnegves warn ügens mis Hedra Friday, 31st October Nos Calan Gwav lôwen dhe whei! Po martesen my a dal leverel Nos "Allan" dhe whei. En termyn eus passyes thera Marhajow Allan en Kernow ken diwedh mis Hedra. Tüs alja perna Avalow Allan - avalow brâs ha wheg, avel royow rag fortyn da.   Happy Halloween to you! Or perhaps I should say Happy Allan Night to you. In the past there were Allan Markets in Cornwall before the end of October. People could buy Allan Apples - big, sweet apples, as gifts for good fortune.

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans ha Trei De Yow, degves warn ügens mis Hedra Thursday, 30th October Emesk oll an delkyow marow kidnyadh e'n lowarth, ma nebes flourys sevy ow pedery dr'ew gwenton! Pemp petal pur perfydh. Among all the dead leaves of autumn in the garden, some wild strawberry flowers are thinking that it's spring! Five perfect pure petals.

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans ha Dew De Merher, nawes warn ügens mis Hedra Wednesday, 29th October Green Cornwall Pandr'ew an cottha ger e'n tavas Kernôwek? What is the oldest word in the Cornish language?  ‘ Glas ’ must be a contender. Perhaps you have been to Newquay’s LUSTY GLAZE Beach, ( Lostyn Glas ) ‘a little green tail of land’. It is one of several places with ‘glaze’ or ‘glas’ in their name. On land this means the ‘green’ of plants. PENTIREGLAZE or PENTIRE GLAZE ( Pentir Glas ), whether it is part of a scenic walk or an old silver-lead mine, is a ‘green promontory’. The oldest names include ELLENGLAZE ( Elin Glas ), Elynglas in 1302, meaning ‘green Elin’. Elin   is thought to be a stream name meaning ‘bend’. CANAGLAZE ( Carn Glas ), Caringlaze in 1671, is a ‘green tor’. Another green/grey tor ( Carn Glas ) is CARNCLAZE. When applied to the sea, or other bodies of water, it can also mean ‘blue/grey’. Clay Country gives us ‘green/blue pool’, e.g. among others POLGLAZE (St ...

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans ha Wonan De Meurth, ethves warn ügens mis Hedra Tuesday, 28th October Dhort an dor nei ell gweles an cloudys e'n eborn, saw na ellen nei gweles radn brâs a'n tir. Ma lies lòren e'n brâster. Anjei ell gweres dhen dhe weles pednow an cloudys ha moy a'n tir. Terweythyow ma commol scant, ha tir ha mor ew apert der an cloudys. Terwethyow thew an cloud pur dhown, ha ma hager awel en dadn. Nei ell gweles gwens troyllya. Dadn an poster ma gwenjow crev ha glaw - anjei a wra shyndya. Bes e'n cres ma "lagas an enawel" còsel. From the ground we can see the clouds in the sky, but we can't see a large part of the land. There are lots of artificial satellites in outer space. They can help us to see cloud tops and  more of the land. Sometimes there is sparse cloud, and land and sea are obvious through the clouds. Sometimes the cloud is very deep, and there is dreadful weather underneath. We can see a whirlwind. Under the thundercloud there are st...

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans De Lün, seythves warn ügens mis Hedra Monday, 27th October Thera lies pompyon e'n lowarth agan kentrevogyon. Rag fra thera mar lies? Na alja nagonan aga debry oll!  Ma Nos Calan Gwav ow tos. Anjei a aras dew bompyon war agan vos. Pur lôwen o an maw bian. Gen kellyl ha lew nei alja côwa pompyon ha trehy bejeth gen ganow ow crysla. Lebmyn ma othom dhodho a gantol.   There were a lot of pumpkins in our neighbours' garden. Why were there so many? Nobody could eat them all!  Halloween is coming. They left two pumpkins on our wall. The little boy was very happy. With knives and spoons we could hollow out a pumpkin and cut a face with a grinning mouth. Now it needs a candle. Nebes geryow  Some words bejeth  (f)  face cantol  (m)  candle ( c>g  after  a  of ) côwa  to hollow out, excavate   (SWFMm  kowa ) debry   to eat  (SWFMm  dybri ) ganow  (m)  mouth  gara...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens ha Nawnjek De Sül, wheffes warn ügens mis Hedra Sunday, 26th October "My a venja scrifa whedhel rag ow mabm. Hy fednbloodh ew. My a vedn gwil lever ragty," emedh an maw bian. "Ha ma odhom dhebm a pictour rag forel. Ellesta tedna bleydh owth oulya?" Nei a whilas e'n kesrosweyth rag ymach ew da ganjo. Nag eus enk et ow argraffer.  Na veu whans dhebm a ûsya paynt, etho nei a gavas paper liwys, gweljow bian ha glüs.  Trei liw a wras pictour - melyn rag an loor leun, blou rag an eborn nos ha dû rag an bleydh ha rag gwedhen ha carrick. Nei a wras tiger rüdhvelyn ha dû ewedh. I'd like to write a story for my mum. It's her birthday. I want to make a book for her," said the little boy. "And I need a picture for a cover. Can you draw a howling wolf?" We searched of the internet for an image he liked. There is no ink in my printer. I did not want to used paint, so we found coloured paper, little scissors and glue. Thr...