A Year of Late Cornish

  2024 Dedh Udnek warn Ugens De Marher, udnegves warn ugens mis Genver Wednesday, 31st January My a gar plansow. Pur larj ew anjei! Gen lavür lyha ahana vy, mons ow trei rag plansow baby nowydh. Udn plans ew henwys "dama a vilyow". My ell usya an plansow bian dhe wil lowarthow munys gen ow flehes wydn. Ma dhebm nebes tollyers bas coth. Vas ens rag agan lowarthow bian. Thera nei ow usya modelys ewedh. Reb kei bras ma'n plansow ow hevely bian, bes thens pecar'a gwedh ha bushys reb cawrvargh bian! Ha thens hujes reb gwywer munys.     I love plants. They are very generous! With minimum effort from me, they produce new baby plants. One plant is called "mother of thousands". I can use the little plants to make miniature gardens with my grandchildren. I have several old shallow baking dishes. They are good for our little gardens. We use models too. Beside a big dog the plants seem small, but they are like trees and bushes by a small camel! And they are huge by a ti

  2024 Dedh Deg warn Ugens De Meurth, degves warn  ü gens mis Genver Tuesday, 30th January  Hedhyw, e veu ostyas dhe nei. Agan mab a dheuth hag ev a dhros ganjo nebes cofednow kig. Ow gour, y das, ew anyagh ha whansek nag ew dhe dra vyth. Na alja ev debry oll a'n tos, radn bras an griben. Etho e veu neppeth gerys rag an edhyn. Mola  dhû a dheuth, ha r üdhek , bes my a veu sowdhanys dhe weles gwywer ow tebry radn an pasty. Ew hogednow da gen gwyweres? Na  wöya  (wodhya) vy!  E veu colobmen coos ow cortos gen perthyans wordhy rag an gwywer dhe vos. An colobmen ew bras, bes ew an gwywer  scrüthüs? Today, we had a visitor (a guest). Our son came and he brought with him some pasties. My husband, his father, is unwell and has no appetite for anything. He couldn't eat all of the pastry, a big bit of the crimp. So there was something left for the birds. A blackbird came, and a robin, but I was surprised to see a squirrel eating a bit of the pasty. Do squirrels like pastries? I didn'

  2024 Dedh Naw warn Ügens     De Lün, nawes warn ügens mis Genver   Monday, 29 th January   My a drovyas nebes fotos coth. A ello whei ajon an venyn yong, gorm hy blew? Vyctym facyon! E’n gwelha pres, na ellowgh gweles hy bejeth. Warlergh an vaner ha’n gis e’n eur-na o hei (hei a brederas)! An pres a veu mariach cosin hy gour. Côta gwydn ha manegow gwydn, hei a bernas an hott en Truru. (Nag üjy an gwerthjy ena na velha (na fella)). An skichow ûhel o gòcky - gòlesow skichow soler tew oldhawor – kerdhes o calish. Saw e veu hott brâssa dhe’n venyn bries.   I found some old photos. Can you recognise the young woman with brown hair? Fasion victim! Fortunately, you can’t see her face. She was trendy (she thought)! The occasion was the wedding of her husband’s cousin. White coat and white gloves, she bought the hat in Truro. (The shop is no longer there.) The high-heeled shoes were ridiculous – fashionable thick platform soles – walking was difficult. But the bride had a bigger h

  2024 Dedh Eth warn Ugens De S ü l, ethves warn  ü gens mis Genver Sunday, 28th January Da ew genam cawas visytoryon rag clapp. Ow theylu ew marthys. Mons ow tos ha kescowsel genam ha gwil whel ewedh. Ow mebyon a balas grow nowydh war an arres. Ma gohydh vy ow trei boos Polek delicyous, pecar'a cowl  bettys rüdh ha tesen po crampes gwres gen avalow. Avalow ( Jabłka)  ew frut moyha kerys Poloyn, ow trei rag pajar milyon ton en  ü dn vledhen.  I like having visitors for a chat. My family is wonderful. They come and have a conversation with me and do work as well. My sons shovel new gravel on the drive. My daughter-in-law brings delicious Polish food, like red beetroot soup and cake or pie made with apples. Apples ( Jabłka)  are Poland's favourite fruit, producing four million tons in one year.

  2024 Dedh Seyth warn Ugens De Sadorn, seythves warn Ugens mis Genver Saturday, 27th January Emesk ow levrow, my a drouvyas an volen ma. Ew hei  cüdhlen dhelher coth? Pe le ma'n lever? Thewa argebmyn coth rag sebon Pears - ev na veu bes whedner coth rag caken. Eus kevren gen Kernow? Entei! Andrew Pears o mab tiek dhort Lanvorek, genys en seytek cans deg ha trei ugens. Barber o ev leb eth dhe Loundres. Ev a dhisplegyas sebon medhal, heb mostyon, rag bejethow. En termyn eus passyes, en Truru war Gay Lemon, e veu gweythva sebon ha cantollyow "Atlas". Hodna a usyas blonek best  môwsek ,  söath. Nag o an sebon heb mostyon!   Among my books I found this page. Is it an old back cover? Where is the book? It is an old advertisement for Pears soap - it was only an old sixpence for a cake. Is there a link with Cornwall? Certainly! Andrew Pears was a farmer's son from Mevagissey, born in 1770. He was a barber who went to London. He developed a gentle soap, without impurities, fo

  2024 Dedh Whegh warn Ugens De Gwener, wheffes warn ugens mis Genver Friday, 26th January Ma edrek dhebm. Re skith o vy dhe scrifa lies ger hedhyw. My a vedn cosca, traveth moy. I'm sorry. I am too tired to write a lot of words today. I want to sleep, nothing more.

  2024 Dedh Pemp warn Ugens De Yow, pempes warn ugens mis Genver Thursday, 25th January Hedhyw en class nei a glappyas a vis Genver. Eus dedh specyal en mis ma? Nena nei a brederas a eryow rag an dedhyow. Otta nebes. An pictour ew bleujyow Cala Me, lilys Helles. Nag ens flourys rag mis Genver. Flourys gwydn rag an mis ma ew bleujyow ergh. In class today we talked of January. Is there a special day in this month? Then we thought of words for the days. Here are some. The picture is lilies of the valley, Helston lilies. They are not flowers for January. White flowers for this month are snowdrops. A few words about days: Part One   In Late Cornish the usual word for “day” is dedh.   The plural is dedhyow (though not used with numbers).   In Middle Cornish ( SWFM) the spelling is dydh.   This can also be used to mean “date ”.   For a day’s duration we can use jorna.   e.g. every day keniver jorna   For days of the week, the word is de or dy . This is a stand-alone word; it is not an ab