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debris4spike posted about St. George's Day recently and we got into a conversation about it and St. David's Day and St. Piran's Day in the comments. She asked if I celebrated the other two and I mentioned that I celebrated St. David's Day quietly on my own. I don't really want to wear a leek and March 1 is too early for daffodils in northern Indiana. So I made my own:
My paternal great-grandfather was Welsh by blood (though was actually from Shropshire) and being 1/8th Welsh means as much to me as being 1/4 English. I don't think there are any Welsh groups or societies near me and suspect lots of folks around here have never really heard of Wales except in connection with Torchwood and with Prince Charles. Maybe some year I can be in Wales on March 1. Maybe next year I should make cawl and bara brith!
St. Piran's Day is March 5. I'm not Cornish at all but I have cousins who are. One of my aunts by marriage was from the upper penninsula, descended from Cornish immigrants who worked in the copper mines up there. I think it was her grandfather - or maybe father - who came to the U.S. Anyway, one of her granddaughters is interested in the Cornish branch of her family and is learning Cornish. Sometimes she posts about it on Facebook and it's always interested to hear about it. I wonder what she does on March 5. Guess I should ask! I bet she has pasties. Mmmm.
debris4spike posted about St. George's Day recently and we got into a conversation about it and St. David's Day and St. Piran's Day in the comments. She asked if I celebrated the other two and I mentioned that I celebrated St. David's Day quietly on my own. I don't really want to wear a leek and March 1 is too early for daffodils in northern Indiana. So I made my own:My paternal great-grandfather was Welsh by blood (though was actually from Shropshire) and being 1/8th Welsh means as much to me as being 1/4 English. I don't think there are any Welsh groups or societies near me and suspect lots of folks around here have never really heard of Wales except in connection with Torchwood and with Prince Charles. Maybe some year I can be in Wales on March 1. Maybe next year I should make cawl and bara brith!
St. Piran's Day is March 5. I'm not Cornish at all but I have cousins who are. One of my aunts by marriage was from the upper penninsula, descended from Cornish immigrants who worked in the copper mines up there. I think it was her grandfather - or maybe father - who came to the U.S. Anyway, one of her granddaughters is interested in the Cornish branch of her family and is learning Cornish. Sometimes she posts about it on Facebook and it's always interested to hear about it. I wonder what she does on March 5. Guess I should ask! I bet she has pasties. Mmmm.
