A Year of Late Cornish

  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...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Nawnjek warn Ügens De Yow, seythves war ügens mis Est Thursday, 27th August Ma cloudys en ebòrn. A vedh anjei whath òbma e'n nos? Da via genam gweles difygyans an loor (en radn) haneth en nos. Thera glaw nehewer ha na wrüga vy gweles an loor. Na wrüga vy clowes an glaw, bès my a welas dowr lowr e'n mettin. Thera an howl ow tastewydnya war blodnow ha'n yet gleb. Lebmyn thew an dor medhelha, ha moy esy ew rag casak coos dhe gawas moryan dhe dhebry.   There are clouds in the sky. Will they still be here in the night? I would like to see the (partial) eclipse of the moon tonight. There was rain last night and I did not see the moon. I did not hear the rain, but I saw plenty of water in the morning. The sun was reflecting on puddles and the wet gate. Now the ground is softer, and it is easier for a woodpecker to get ants to eat.

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Etek warn Ügens De Merher, wheffes warn ügens mis Est Wednesday, 26th August Ma dewdhek mis en calander a'n howl. Nag ens oll an keth hirder. Diberthys ew an vledhen howlek en pajar qwarter tredh pajar dedh specyal - dew howlsavla (en cres an hav ha cres an gwav) ha dew kehesnos (en gwenton ha kidnyadh). Nag üjy an pajar qwarter-dedh ort dalladh a vis. Etho, pandr'ew üdn mis? Ma'n loor ow resek eneth adro dhe'n bes en seyth dedh warn ügens (warlergh an ster), bès ma naw dedh warn ügens ha hanter dhort loor leun dhe loor leun (po dhort loor nowydh dhe loor nowydh). Etho, rag nebes nacyons ma terdhek mis e'n vledhen a'n loor, pubonan gen hanow y hònan.  There are twelve months in a solar calendar. They are not all the same length. The solar year is divided into four quarters between four special days - two solstices (in the middle of summer and the middle of winter) and two equinoxes (in spring and autumn). The four quarter days are not at the...