A Year of Late Cornish

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Dogens ha Pemp De Merher, nessa mis Gwedngala Wednesday, 2nd September Da ew genam ow chei lies liw. Pub men ew liw deffrans. Ma monyow deffrans ettans. Dres lycklod thew men an pow, henn ew prei-kyllas, dhort mongleudh en ogas. Nabmys rüdhvelyn, rüdh, purpur ha donek ens gen hôrn. ("Last" henwys ew.) Pecar'a kyllas, ma va ow felja en gwyliow. Nag ew esy dh'y shapya glanyth (pecar'a grôwan galys).  I like my multicoloured house. Every stone is a different colour. There are different minerals in them. More than probably it is country rock, that is clay-slate, from a nearby quarry. They are stained orange, red, purple and brown with iron. (That's called "last".) Like slate, it splits into layers. It is not easy to shape neatly (like hard granite). Gerva Glossary cales ~ calys ( pre-SWF calish) hard dres lycklod more than probably felja ~ fallya to split grôwan (f) granite gwyliow layers, strata kyllas (coll.) slate lies liw multico...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Dogens ha Pajar De Meurth, kensa mis Gwedngala Tuesday, 1st September Terweythyow nei a wel dew sêson en üdn jorna; hav e'n mettin a-varr ha kidnyadh e'n dohajedh. An howl isel e'n est a golôwas oll an cloudys bian, cloudys kewer vas, pecar'a hav. Moy diwedhes, my a welas an loor golôwys en ebòrn blou havek. Nag ew leun an loor na velha (henn a veu nanj ew peder nos), ma hei ow tifygya. Bès hedhyw, an kensa dedh a vis Gwedngala ew, an dalladh kidnyadh a veteorologieth. Nei a welas "cala gwedn" a-varr en mis Est e'n vledhen ma. Lebmyn, dadn skeuj an cloudys, ma mir loos dhe'n cala - pecar'a mis Dû! Nag ew an edhyn troblys gen an gewer. Pandr'ew a droos e'n gwedh? Trosüs ew an briny tre. Sometimes we see two seasons in one day;  summer in the early morning and autumn in the afternoon. The low sun in the east lit up all the little clouds, fair weather clouds, like summer. Later, I saw the moon illuminated in a summery blue...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Dogens ha Trei De Lün, üdnegves warn ügens mis Est Monday, 31st August Nag ew Kernow pow platt. Nag ewa goon wastys naneyl. Tiredh menedh ew, gen oll sortow nansow. Ma nebes nansow down, leun a wedh. Nans a'n par na ew henwys "glynn". Otta an "Glynn Valley" gen ponsvorr (ponsfordh) a-dreus, a-ûgh an gwedh. Ma glynn aral ogas dhe Treth Heyl. Henn ew henwys Glynn Dowrgeun. Lowarth famos ewa lebmyn. Ma va ow mos war nans dhe Dowrgeun. Eus dowrgeun kevys whath e'n dowr reb an treth? Ma bargen tir (tre) reb glynnen. Whei ell gweles nans bian en mappa, ow mos war nans dhe vrâssa coos. Cornwall is not a flat country. Neither is it a featureless plain. It's hilly country, with all sorts of valleys. There are some deep valleys, full of trees. Such a valley is called a "glynn". Here is the "Glynn Valley" with a viaduct across, above the trees. There is another wooded valley near to Helford Passage. That is called Glendurgan...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Dewgens ha Dew De Sül, degves warn ügens mis Est Sunday, 30th August Nakevys ew oll an tòbmder solabres - ha nag ew an glaw neppeth nowydh na velha. Nanj ew nebes seythen tho vy troblys - alja ow plansow dürya heb dowr lowr? Ma plans nowydh dhebm - cactus theram ow pedery (nag eus hanow Kernôwek dhodho) - ha lowen o hedna e'n howlsplan. Lebmyn troblys o vy arta - a vedn an cactus beudhy? All the heat is forgotten already - and the rain is no longer a novelty. A few weeks ago I was worried - could my plants survive without enough water? I have a new plant - a cactus I think (it doesn't have a Cornish name) - and that was happy in the sunshine. Now I am worried again - will the cactus drown?

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Dogens ha Wonan De Sadorn, nawes warn ügens mis Est Saturday, 29th August My a wrüg gweles an loor leun, saw na wrüga vy gweles difygyans en radn an loor. Thera an loor adhelher dhe'n gwedh po adhelher dhe'n menedh an brâssa radn an nos. My alja gweles an lòrgan. An loor a spladnas der an wedhen vrâs. Haneth en nos, na ellama gweles tra veth bès cloudys en ebòrn nos. E'n gordhûher my a welas dew eskelly-grehen münys ow neyja a-ûgh dhe'n gwedh. Wòja an glaw ma gwibes ha godhanes lowr ow neyja. Pur üskis ens - na ellama kemeres fôtôs. Eus hanow dhe'n loor leun? Loor "Styrjyon" henwys ew - saw nag eus styrjyon veth en Kernow! I did see the full moon, but I did not see the partial eclipse of the moon. The moon was behind the trees or behind the hill for most of the night. I could see the moonlight. The moon shone through the big tree. Tonight, I can't see anything but clouds in the night sky. In the evening I saw two tiny bats flying a...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Dewgens De Gwener, ethves warn ügens mis Est Friday, 28th August Ew collel lesa eneval nowydh gansenjys e'n mor adro dhe Kernow? Nag ew! Ma'n rîm ma gen Capten Noel Carter a Breanek, scrifys e'n seytegves cansbledhen, ow tisqwedhes der nag ew.  Ma moy anodhans lebmyn, ow tos dhort an Mor Cres an Doryow, drefen treylys tòbma ew an dowr.  Is octopus a new animal caught in the sea around Cornwall? No! This rhyme by Captain Noel Carter of St Agnes, written in the seventeenth century, shows that it is not. There are more of them now, coming from the Mediterranean Sea, because the water has become warmer. Capt. Noel Carter of St. Agnes 1698 ( ha wòja en Kernowek Bew A Mi a moaz, a mi a moaz in Goon Glaze, Mi a clouaz, a clouaz, a clouaz, a troz, a troz, a troz, an pysgaz miniz. Bez mi a trouviaz un pysg brawze, Naw Losia, Olla Boble en Porthia ha Marazjowan Ne mi ôr Dho Gan Zingy. (Bor.MS: Nevra ni ôr dho ganzingy.) Ha my ow mos, ha my ow mos e'n Oon L...