A Year of Late Cornish

  2024 Dedh Cans Seytek warn  Ü gens De Yow, whetegves mis Me Thursday, 16th May En termyn eus passyes, trigys o brâssa radn a'n bobel a Gernow en lies chei  scattrys , maners ha   bargenes tir . Wòja  termyn hir  thera moy  anedhow  warbarth,  specily  rag peskecha,  balweyth  ha  marhajow . Bian po brâs, ma moy es  hanter mil  telher ow ton an keth hanow "Tre" po "Trev" en kensa "farm". Lies gweyth tho "Tre"  junyes  gen hanow den, rag sampel  TRAGO (Treiagu 1277)  Treyago  “Jacob’s farm” . Lebmyn ma shoppa brâs reb an dowr ha gellys termyn hir ew Jago. Par termyn  tho "Tre"  junyes  gen hanow bestes, rag sampel  TREMOUGH (Tremogh 1366- 1590) Tremogh  “pigs’ farm” Lebmyn thewa universita brâs, heb mogh veth. Once upon a time, most of the people of Cornwall were living in many scattered houses, manors and small-holdings.   After a long time there were more homes together, especially for fishing, mining and markets. Small or large,

  2024 Dedh Cans Whetek warn Ügens De Merher, pemdhegves mis Me Wednesday, 15th May De, my a scrifas adro dhe'n teylû Boscawen.  Pedn  an teylû lebmyn ew Arlòdh Falmeth. Kenketh Tregothnan  a bew  gwedhegy, lies  gwedhek  - ha moy  en termyn eus passyes . Treven ha gwedhegy a veu  gwerthys . Martesen an coos ma ew onan anodhans. Ma treven ha bargen tir  en ogas  gen henwyn ow menya pedn coos ha chei reb coos. An brâssa radn a 'n coos ew colwedh, gen  bohes  gwedh erel. Lowen ew an  gwyweres  gen oll an gwedh  knowek . Pes bloodh ew an golwedhen ma? Ma nebes corfow gwedhen dhedhy. Ha pes bloodh ew an  dherowen ma? Ha ottòbma kelynen. Ma trolergh bian dhe'n vorr. Yesterday, I wrote about the Boscawen family. The head of the family now is Lord Falmouth. The Tregothnan Estate owns woodlands, many woodlands - and more in a past time. Houses and woodlands were sold. Perhaps this wood is one of them. There are houses and a farm nearby with names meaning top of a wood and house by

  2024 Dedh Cans Pemdhek warn Ügens De Meurth, pajardegves mis Me Tuesday, 15th May  Ma nebes  maners  coth en Kernow gen henwyn  devedhys dhort  gwedh.  Lies gweyth ,  esely  an  teylû  a gemeras aga hanow dhort aga maner ha  kenketh . Etho, thew nebes henwyn teylû  pednsevik  maga coth avel henwyn telher. An teylû Boscawen ew pur goth (ha  kevòthek ) ha whath  kevys  ogas dhe Bosscawen.  Perhednyon  tir en jei. Saw piw ew perhen a Enys Scaw? There are several old manors in Cornwall with names derived from trees. Frequently, family members took their name from their manor and estate. So, some aristocratic family names are as old as place names. The Boscawen family is very old  (and wealthy) and still found near to Boscawen (Elder-tree Dwelling). They are land owners. But who is the owner of  Tresco (Elder-trees Island)? Deg ger rag hedhyw  Ten words for today devedhys dhort  derived from esely ~ esyly  members <  esel  (m) kenketh  (f)  estate, country seat kevòthek  wealthy, rich

2024 Dedh Cans Peswardhek warn Ügens De Lün, terdhegves mis Me Monday, 13th May En gwenton whei ell gweles lies  l ô st on  e'n keow. Flourys hir war an  colwedh  en jei. Ma lies colwedh en Kernow. Kernow ew da gen  coll . Ma  henwyn  telher gen "coll/collen", henwyn pur goth. Terweythyow nag era bes üdn wedhen goth, rag sampel Engollan ("Hengollen" en mil pajar cans hag etek). Ma "hen" ow menya coth en henwyn telher. Nag üjy an golwedhen goth ena lebmyn, bes ma  gweythva  vian ow kil  cantollow . Hanow cottha ew Fentongollan ("Fentengollen" en dewdhek cans hag onan). Eus collen po  fenton  ena lebmyn? Ma  bargen tir  ena ow    cònis  lily Corawys. Terweythyow nei a gar gwedh rag aga know. Thera  kelly  a wedh ow trei rag lies knofen en  Killiganoon (Kellygnohan en 1291).   In spring you can see many lamb's tail catkins in the hedges.   They are long flowers on the hazel trees. There are many hazel trees in Cornwall. Hazels like Cornwall.