A Year of Late Cornish

  2026 DedhTrei Hans ha Whegh De Lün, nessa mis Dû Monday, 2nd November Da ew genam an curl ma dhort Sent Dey, ogas dhe Redrudh. Curl meurgerys ew en Kernow. Da ew genen an kelynen - hemm ew agan gwedhen Nadelik. Scrifys o en Sowsnek, bes nebes tüs a dreylyas an geryow dhe Gernowek. Ma moy es üdn vercyon. Otta onan anodhans. I like this carol from St Day, near to Redruth. It's a popular carol in Cornwall. We like the holly tree - this is our Christmas tree. It was written in English, but some people translated the words to Cornish. There is more than one version. Here's one of them. C url Sent Dey   Now the holly bears a berry as white as the milk, And Mary she bore Jesus, who was wrapped up in silk:   1. Greun gwydn eus dhe’n kelyn, `ga wydn `vel an rew, Ha dinethys veu Jesus, an üdn Mâb Duw.             (pednposorn)   Chorus : And Mary she bore Jesus our Saviour for to be, And the first tree that's in the greenwood,...

  2026 Dedh Trei Hans ha Pemp De Sül, kensa mis Dû Sunday, 1st November Ma moy a sansow en Kernow avel en Nev. Henn ew lavar coth. Hedhyw thew "Allantide". Martesen thew hedna an kensa dedh a wav, Du Calan Gwav. Po martesen ew Degol Sen Alain, epscop Breten Bian nanj ew pemdhek cansbledhen. Ma eglos sacrys dhodho ogas dhe Truro.   There are more saints in Cornwall than in Heaven. That is an old saying. Today is Allantide. Perhaps that is the first day of winter, "Du Calan Gwav". Or perhaps it is the feast day of St Alain, a Breton bishop fifteen centuries ago. There's a church dedicated to him near Truro.