A Year of Late Cornish

2025 Dedh Trei Hans Peswardhek warn Ügens De Sül, degves warn ügens mis Dû Sunday, 30th November Mis Dû ew mis  còtt . Ma deg dedh warn ügens dhodho. Bes nag ewa an còtta - henn ew Mis Whevrel. Nag eus bes eth dedh warn ügens dhe hedna (marnas en bledhen labm). Hedhyw, an diwettha dedh a'n mis ma, ew specyal rag Alban. Degol Androw lôwen dhe bub onan. Androw ew sans tasek Scotland. November is a short month. It has thirty days. But it isn't the shortest - that is February. That only has twenty-eight days (except in a leap year). Today, the last day of this month, is special for Scotland. Happy St Andrew's Day to everyone. Andrew is Scotland's patron saint.

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Terdhek warn Ügens De Sadorn, nawes warn ügens mis Dû Saturday, 29th November Ma lies pobel ow trîvya aga vanys ha kerry re üskis e'n vorrow bian. Diantel ew rag marhogyon ha marhogesow. Ma own dhe'm kentrevogesow rag aga mergh. Ma othom dhodhans a gemeres gwith. Ma arwòdh e'n ke:"Danjer. Mergh en fordh. Entrans cüdhys." Saw cüdhys ew an arwòdh y honan gen an ke. An dorgeun a dal kebmer gwith e'n vorr, ewedh. There are many people who drive their vans and cars too fast on little roads. It's dangerous for horse riders. My neighbours are scared for the horses. They have to take care. There's a sign in the hedge: "Danger. Horses on road. Concealed entrance". But the sign itself is concealed by the hedge. The badgers should  take care in the road, too.

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Dewdhek warn Ügens De Gwener, ethves warn ügens mis Dû Friday, 28th November Nowodhow pur dha rag an tavas Kernôwek! Agan tavas a vedh gwithys der Radn Trei a Chartour Europek rag Tavasow Tiredhek po Minorita. E vedh dhe Gernôwek an keth savla avel an tavosow Keltek erel an Enesow Bretednek - Kembrek, Albanek, Werdhonek ha Godhalek a Enys Mann. Cüdhys ew Kernôwek bys lebmyn gen Radn Dew - bes Radn Trei a vedh moy efan. Pandra vedh gwres gen an Governans rag scodhya agan tavas? Nei a wra gweles! Very good news for the Cornish language! Our language will be protected through Part Three of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Cornish will have the same status as the other Celtic languages of  the British Isles - Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Irish and Manx Gaelic. Cornish has been covered until now by Part Two - but Part Three will be more extensive. What will be done by the Government to support our language? We shall see!

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Üdnek warn Ügens De Yow, seythves warn ügens mis Dû Thursday, 27th November Res ew dhebm powes ow gwavy dhe scrifa hebma! My a wra dastifüna et tien en gwenton. Mis Ebrel a vedh mis da.   I must pause my hibernation to write this! I will wake up properly in spring. April will be a good month.

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Deg warn Ügens De Merher, wheffes warn ügens mis Dû Wednesday, 26th November Solabres ma gwenton et ow prederow. Cas ew genam nosow hir. Mall ew genam gweles dedhyow hir arta. Da ew genam mis Meurth ha'n Kehesnos Gwenton. Already spring is in my thoughts. I hate long nights. I can't wait to see long days again. I like March and the Spring Equinox. 2026 Diw Mil ha Whegh Warn Ügens Mis Meurth Seythen De Lün De Meurth De Merher De Yow De Gwener De Sadorn De Sül 9 naw             1 Degol Dewi   10 deg 2   3 Loor leun (Loor Prev) Difygyans an loor 4 5 Gool Peran 6 7 8 11 üdnek 9   10 11 Diwettha qwarter an loor (hanter loor) 12 13 14 15 12 dewdhek 16 17 Degol Padraig   18   19 Loor nowydh Diwedh An Pesk 20 Kehesnos Gwenton Dallath An Hordh 21   22 13 terdhek 23 24   25 Kensa qwarter an loor (hanter loor) 26 27 28 29 De Sül Bleujyow   Dallath BST 14 peswardhek     30 31     ...

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Naw warn Ügens De Meurth, pempes warn ügens mis Dû Tuesday, 25th November Theram ow mires rag dhe nessa bledhen. Leun ew mis Whevrel a dhedhyow specyal. Nag eus rom lowr rag nebes taclow war an calander. Seytegves mis Whevrel e vedh difygyans an howl en radn, rag sampel. I am looking ahead to next year. February is full of special days. There's not enough room for some things on the calendar. There will be a partial solar eclipse on 17th February, for example. 2026 Diw Mil ha Whegh Warn Ügens Mis Whevrel Seythen De Lün De Meurth De Merher De Yow De Gwener De Sadorn De Sül 5 pemp             1 Loor leun    (Loor Ergh)     Imbolc 6 whegh 2 Degol Maria an Cantollyow 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 seyth 9 Diwettha qwarter an loor    (hanter loor) 10 11 12 13 14 15 8 eth 16 17 Loor nowydh Diwedh An Deger Dowr De Meurth Enes 18 Dallath  An Pesk De Merher Lüjiw Dallath Corawes 19 20 21 22 9 naw 23 24 Kensa qwarter ...

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Eth warn Ügens De Lün, pajwora warn ügens mis Dû Monday, 24th November Rag fra wrüga vy mos dhe Redrüdh de Sadorn? Drefen bos An Dalva en Kresen Kernow. Thera dogens (dewgens) person moy po le en stevel vrâs po war-linen. Nei wrüg dadhla an tavas. Pandra veu an cowlwrians e'n deg bledhen tremenys. Pandra vedh an vorr (fordh) rag e'n deg bledhen nessa.  Ma othom a bobel moy ow clappya an tavas. Lies Yeth an Werin moy a via pur dha, hag ahosonyow erel dhe ûsya nebes geryow. Bes ma lies person dres mor. Ma othom dhodhans a dhaffar electronyk. Alja skians facyes, gwirhevelepter po gwrionedh moghys bos an gorryp? Solabres whei ell redya neppeth war-linen, bes ma le dhe vos clowys. Ma moy en Kembrek! Why did I go to Redruth on Saturday? Because The Forum was in the Cornwall Centre. There were more or less forty people in a big room or on line. We discussed the language. What were the achievements in the past ten years? What will be the way forward in the next t...

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Seyth warn Ügens  De Sül, tryja warn ügens mis Dû Sunday, 23rd November Gav dhebm. Hedhyw nebes clav o vy. Res ew dhebm còsca. Forgive me. Today I'm a bit poorly. I must sleep.

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Whegh warn Ügens  De Sadorn, nessa warn ügens mis Dû Saturday, 22nd November Puppres en Redrüdh theram o qweles an keun. Thens Keun an Stenoryon po Keun Geevor, gwres gen David Kemp. "Whel an Gever" a veu degëys ha thera lies botas rubber dres othom. Keniver kei a veu formys gen seyth botas, nena "cast" en brons. Brons ew kesolcan a sten ha cober. Pur fytty ew hedna dhe verkya an tremenyans radn brâs hag a bris story Kernow. Hedhyw ma pub hond ow tegy myllys ewedh rag cova tüs bal ledhys en bel.      Always in Redruth I see the dogs. They are the Tinners' Hounds or The Hounds of Geevor, made by David Kemp. "The Goats' Mine" was closed and there were lots of redundant rubber boots. Each dog was formed with seven boots, then cast in bronze. Bronze is an alloy of tin and copper. That is very appropriate to mark the passing of a large and important part of Cornwall's history. Today every hound is also wearing poppies in rememb...

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Pemp warn Ügens De Gwener, kensa warn ügens mis Dû Friday, 21st November Kelmys o vy dhe howl an gwav, howl isel ha golow. Ma va ow trei liwyow ow terlentry. Ma argan war bedn ow finbrednyer dûlas. Ma lies ehen a las, nag ew "glas" ger lowr. Nebes plansow bythwer (prest gwer) ew gwer po gwerwyn. Heb del glas nag ew an gwedh glas, ha nei ell gweles form an barrednow noth bedn a ebòrn. Nag eus del glas war wedhen-ven ha scorednow brâs an cypreswedhen goth brâs. Thens pecar'a eskern cadnys.  I'm obsessed with the winter sun, a sun low and bright. It brings sparkling colours. There is silver on top of my dark green pine trees. There are many types of green, "glas" is not an adequate word. Some evergreen plants are bright green or light green. Without green leaves the trees are not green, and we can see the form of the bare branches against the sky. There are no leaves on the trunk and big branches of the big old cypress. They are like bleac...

  2025 Dedh Trei Hans Pajar Warn Ügens De Yow, ügensves mis Dû Thursday, 20th November Yeyn lowr ew an awel, saw ma tecter emesk an yeynder. Ma howl tredh cowasow gwavek tydn. Ew hebma keser po ergh. Ma va ow terlentry pecar'a adamantys e'n howlsplan.  Scon e vedh gellys mes a wel. An rew war dohow gweder ew pecar'a las. Oll an edhyn bian ew goskeusys e'n ke, bes my ell gweles diw golobmen coos. Thens bolta po creffa. There is a nip in the air, but there is beauty among the coldness. There is sun between sharp wintry showers. Is this hail or snow. It sparkles like diamonds in the sunshine. It will soon be gone from view. The ice on glass roofs is like lace. All the little birds are sheltered in the hedge, but I can see two wood pigeons. They are bolder or stronger.