A Year of Late Cornish

Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens hag Etek   De Merher , seytegves mis Gorefan Wednesday, 17 th July E veu difygyans en radn an loor newher (nehewer) hanter ò ja (wosa) deg po nebes. Na wr ü ga vy y weles en kensa drefen bos isel e'n eborn. “Hei a vedh loor daran hanter-gooj,” emedh anjei. Tho an loor r ü dh bes an gwedh re lettyas o golok. Calish (cales) ew kemeres foto a'n loor. Nag eus trebedh dhebm hag o torn a gern. Res ew dhebm pòsa bedn an payl po beister. E'n gwella pres ma ymachys spladn war an gwias. Otta an loor reb Goon Helhy. Kebmer with a venyn goth! Na wra kerdhes adro e'n tewlder. Molothow! My a drebüchyas. Lebmyn ma dhebm pednglin, kel hag elin drog keffres ha fotos drog. There was a partial lunar eclipse last night at about half past ten. I didn't see it at first because it was low in the sky. “It will be a half-blood thunder moon,” they said. The moon was red but the trees were blocking my view. It's hard taking a photo of the mo...

Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Seytek De Meurth , whetegves mis Gorefan Tuesday, 16 th July Lymner ew o howeth, lymner dres ehen. Trigys ewa en Kernow ha da ew ganjo tirwedhyow a Gernow. Ev a gar ayrplaynys ewedh. En gwir etta, thew ev esel Myster Artistyon Ayrednans  hag y vedh dhodho trei fictour et aga diqwedhyans nowydh en Loundres. (Ev a wra dalla an nessa warn ü gens an mis ma.) Ev re jùnyas warbarth ayrplaynys ha Kernow. Ma'n “Gwibes” o tos tre a-ûgh Pedn Tre'nvos war als north Kernow. Garow lowr ew hei. Ma goleyty gwydn war an pedntir. E veu derevys en mil eth cans dogens ha seyth gen Chei Trinita dhe gidya lestry en Canel Bristow. Ma'n Wellington a-ûgh Godrevy. Ma goleyty gwydn aral war Garrek Godrevy. Hebask ew an mor. Thew an goleyty moyha kerys gen lymners. An Boeing PT 17 melyn coth a wr ü g tira en ayrbark Bosvena en diw mil ha pemdhek. Ma to gossednek dhe'n chei ayrbark. My friend is a painter, an exceedingly good painter. He lives in Cor...

Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Whetek   De L ün , pemdhegves mis Gorefan Monday, 15 th July   Ma supersticyon adro dhe'n jedh ma en Pow an Sowson. Gool Sen Swithin ew. (Nag ew ev sans Keltek.) Swithun a veu Epscop nanj ew moy es mil bledhen. Mars eus glaw hedhyw, hei a wra gwil glaw rag an nessa dogens (dew ü gens) dedh. Na veu glaw. Ü jy hebma ow styrrya dre hei a vedh segh rag dogens dedh? E vedh othom dhen a law scona po moy diwedhes. Ma nebes gwedh ow kelly aga del solabres. Eus cl ô wys gena whei an nowodhow? Ma lader cleves nowydh ow ladha nebes gwedh. Ma gwedhen ogas dhe'n chei vy nag ew da genam. Ev ell ladha hodna! Bes da ew an awel segh rag radn an diogow. Ma dhodhans gora segh da – ha lowr anodha. Ma'n gwelyow leun a bùsornow br â s. Ha ma barlys lowr ewedh. There's a superstition about this day/date in England. It's St Swithin's Day. (He's not a Celtic saint.) Swithun was a bishop more than a thousand years ago. If there is rain to...

Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Pemdhek   De S ü l, pajerdegves mis Gorefan Sunday, 14 th July Pandr'ero whei gweles mes a'gas beister? Da ew genam mires orth an edhyn ow tebry has. Saw terweythyow ma lader ha ma'n edhyn ow voydya. Piw ew an lader? Gwywer loos ew – lappyer (acrobat). Ev ell cregy awarra dhe wòles gans y ewines ha besyas troos rag drehedhes an has. En Truru me a welas best aral mes a'n veister kyttrin. Nag ew best gwir. Re vr â s ew. Thew sart. Rag fra ma sartes cowrek war vorr a-dro? Drefen bos whans a'n cita dhe vos caradow gôdhvownans. E'n gwelfos hebma ew an termyn rag cosyergh dhe devy kern nowydh. Ma loor leun. Gelwys ew hei “Loor Cosyorgh”. (Hei ell bos creiys “Loor Daran” ewedh.) What do you see out of your window? I like watching the birds eating seeds. But sometimes there is a thief and the birds go away. Who is the thief? It's a grey squirrel – an acrobat. It can hang upside down by its claws and toes to reach the seeds...

Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Peswardhek   De Sadorn, terdhegves mis Gorefan Saturday, 13 th July   Dororieth Kernow ew pur dhe les – deffrans ha diblans. Kernow ew leun a veyn. En termyn eus passyes tho men a vern dhe economy Kernow – thera meur a balweyth ha whel en lies mongleudh kyllas, elven ha growan. (Ma le anodhans lebmyn). An ehen a ven kevys en-dadn-dhor ew dastewydnyes e'n derevyansow a-wartha. Stoff stenys a-bris hag erel ha ensamplow moon teg o kemerys dhe ves (gwrewgh visytya an withva en Truru), bes û syes o an remenat dhe dherevel treven ha keow. Radn an men rag byldya a dheuth dhort mongleudhyow, bes ran a veu cuntellys dhort gwelyow. Ma othom a skians dhe wil ke. Ma gis deffrans keffres ha meyn deffrans en tiredhyow deffrans a Gernow. Nebes growan a veu trehys orth musür. The geology of Cornwall is very interesting – different and distinctive. Cornwall is full of stones. In the past stone was important to Cornwall's economy – there was a l...

  Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Terdhek De Gwener, dewdhegves mis Gorefan Friday, 12 th July Ma lowarth pur rond e'n cres Crantock. Ew hebma plen an gwary? Nag ew. Re vian ew – nag eus spas lowr etto rag performansys dramatek – rag na gwariers nan miroryon. Garth po cl ô s ew – û syes en termyn eus passyes rag bestes gellys dhe stray dhort an tir kevradnek en ogas. Res veu dhe'n berhednyon rei pemet dh'aga lôwsel. Treveglos pur dhe les ew Crantock. Ma eglos sacrys dhe Garantoc (devedhys war alter neyjys). Eglos collej a-bris o an eglos (pecar'a Glasney). Ma fenten sans dhodho ewedh. Thera dhe'n dreveglos ma benyn Duw (Ambrusca Sans an Werhes) ha ma fenten sans dhedhy reb an vorr dhe'n treth. There is a perfectly round garden in the centre of Crantock. Is this a playing place? No, it's not. It's too small – there's not enough room in it for a dramatic performances – for neither players nor watchers. It's an enclosure (a pound) – ...

Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Dewdhek   De Yow, ü dnegves mis Gorefan Thursday, 11 th July Ma lies tra en Kernow nag ew kevys en telher aral veth. Emesk anjei ew plenys an gwary. Plen an gwary ew gwariva dhiblans ha deffrans. Nag ew chei an gwary drefen nag eus derevyans veth. Plen an gwary ew leur (spas) kern pur vr â s. (Saw Gwennap Pytt nag ew plen an gwary, keth ew br â s ha kern.) Ma dew anodhans dien ha gwithys etta (en ta), an eyl en Lanust hag y gila en Lanberan. Martesen ma deg ol po remenat warn ügens en teleryow erel. Gwariow a-dro dhe'n grejyans a veu performyes ettans – martesen thera dhe bub plen an gwary y wary merkyl y honan a-dro dhe vownans y sans moyha kerys. A-bris o anjei en termyn eus passyes rag an tavas ha'n bownans gonisegeth Kernow. Whei ell redya moy adro dhodhans e'n lever marthys ma gen Will Coleman. There are many things in Cornwall that are not found in any other place. Among them are playing places. A playing place is a disti...