Y gegin Gymreig - The Welsh Kitchen
from http://allrecipes.co.uk
Among Wales’ strangest foods is bara lawr or
laverbread. Laver is a fine seaweed collected
for consumption along the Welsh coastline. It
has nothing to do with bread and is rather like
a purée and is most commonly enjoyed with
shellfish or on hot buttered toast.
Ingredients (serves: 4)
600g fresh laver seaweed
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 to 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
salt and pepper, to taste
4 slices bread
butter, to taste
You can send your Bywyd Cymreig items,
suggestions, and comments to Evan Ash at
[email protected]
Sut ydych yn ei ddweud? –
How Do You Say It?
a tip passed on by Heather Ash
If you want to practice your Welsh on the web,
check out http://www.bbc.com/cymrufyw. When
you open this page the vocab button near the
top right can be turned on an off. When the blue
line appears under a word you can click on that
word and a box will appear giving you the
translation.
Now if they could just include the pronunciation
Wash the seaweed and rinse in clean water we would all be better for it!
several times. Over a low heat, or in a slow
cooker, simmer the seaweed for 6 hours until
it turns into a dark pulp. Combine the
laverbread, olive oil, lemon juice and
Gwên Cymraeg – A Welsh Smile
seasoning and stir through. Toast the bread
then butter to taste. Spoon the laverbread onto Dai is at the car boot sale when an American
the hot toast and serve immediately.
tourist comes by. Pointing to a skull on display
in Dai's car, he says: “Whose skull is that?”
“That,” says Dai profoundly, “is the skull of
Owain Glyndwr. It's yours for £10.” “Incredible,”
Welsh Travel Resource
says the American. “I'll take it.”
Some weeks later, Dai is at the car boot sale
If you would like to plan, or at least dream of, a when the same American walks past and
trip to Wales, here is a possible source to notices a much smaller skull for sale. “Whose
help.
skull it that?” asks the American. “That,” says
Tenon Tours offers a variety of ways to visit Dai in a practised voice, “is the skull of Owain
Wales – self-driving, chauffeured, escorted, Glyndwr.” “Hang on,” says the American. “You
“hopper” or small group, semi-escorted, or sold me the skull of Owain Glyndwr a few weeks
private group tours. For more information ago.” “Aye,” says Dai. “This is when he was a
check out https://www.tenontours.com.
boy.”
Bywyd Cymreig - Welsh Life
The St. David’s Welsh Society of Greater Kansas City
The St. David’s Welsh Society
brings together the various people of the
Welsh “village”, of the greater Kansas City
area and its environs, and their Cornish
neighbors, to celebrate the Celtic heritage
and spirit.
Membership Information
Annual Dues date - March
Individual - $10 Family - $15 Contributing - $25
Send dues to SDWS
15332 W. 82nd Street, Lenexa, Kansas 66219
Contact
Evan Ash
Larry Griffiths
(913) 768-7006
(913) 378-6547
http://www.kcwelsh.com
SDWS Board
Evan Ash, President
Carolyn Adkins, Vice President
Bob Adkins, Vice President
Larry Griffiths, Treasurer/
Doug Wyatt, Secretary
Bill Ames, Judith Brougham, Elaine James,
Ann McFerrin, Katherine Spencer, Sue Walston
February, 2017
Digwyddiadau i ddod - Upcoming Events
March 12, Sunday, 2:00 p.m., St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church, 5325 Nieman Rd., Shawnee
– Annual SDWS Patron Saint celebration. Plans
include singing and harp music, an account of
the life of St. David by Evan Ash, and a
presentation by Toby Giese of an artifact about
a Welsh regiment that served in the Roarke's
Drift battle in South Africa in 1879.
April 29, Saturday, Ararat Shrine Temple, 5100
Ararat Drive, Kansas City, MO - Brit Gala Shop for an array of British items, and learn
about British businesses, services, social
groups, and entertainers from around the USA.
Come enjoy a variety of original British foods
including: cream tea, tea & crumpets, Cornish
Pasty lunches, sausage rolls, finger
sandwiches, cookies…British car & Motorcycle
display…British Entertainers…This will be fun
for the whole family.
May 13 or 20, Sunday, 2:00 p.m., Perkin’s
Restaurant, 11200 W 87th St, Lenexa – SDWS
Gathering featuring presentations on Welsh
sports, details in next Bywyd Cymreig…
David, daffodils…and Dues
Larry Griffiths reminds us, in the merry month of
March we celebrate St. David’s Day. It is also
time to renew your annual SDWS dues.
Pentref mȃn siarad – Village Gossip!
Fourth part of interview with Patricia Schultz
Being at opposite ends of the state, they kept
contact by Charles driving weekends to see
Patricia, daily letters, and by phone when long
distance calls were very expensive. In 1969,
after they were married, when Patricia was
touring 0n a six-week European concert tour
with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, they
had a 75 dollar phone call, [the equivalent of 3
month’s phone bills] which his parents gave
them as an anniversary present!)
Summer stock determined when Patricia
and Charles could schedule their wedding.
Students at Bowling Green were sought after
to play roles and they were given parts in
productions at the popular Wagon Wheel
Playhouse in Warsaw, Indiana, doing 8
different musical shows in 9 weeks! Fall
wedding plans were moved up to June. But it
was hard to get friends to take part in their
wedding because of their college finals.
Married one day, Charles’ graduation was the
next day. They honeymooned at the Wagon
Wheel Playhouse!
Patricia and Charles then went on to earn
master’s degrees at the University of Illinois,
Champaign/Urbana, living in married student
housing using a big floor fan and running cold
water in the bathroom to cool their apartment.
When completed, teaching positions brought
them back to Ohio, in Dayton, where Patricia
was drawn to music classes. Other activities
also brought them travel. Her play about
Jenny Lind, renowned 19th century singer
referred to as the “Swedish Nightingale”,
helped Patricia’s name become known in
musical circles. The performance grew by
having Charles play P. T. Barnum, and Patricia
singing. It took them to many towns in Missouri
and surrounding states, even in London.
Charles was invited to be one of the first
doctoral degree students in theater at Bowling
Green, so they moved there for 2 years, then on
to Huron, Ohio where he taught and finished his
dissertation on the history of the “Yankee”
character in drama, which gave birth to the
Uncle Sam we all know. After graduation in
1970, this took them away from urban Ohio and
their roots, to a small western town in North
Dakota and culture shock! Then 4 years later
they were back in Dayton and Ohio! But the
academic environment was shrinking and they
found themselves in Maryville, Missouri due to
the University’s persistent pursuit of Charles to
teach. While there, Patricia earned her
doctorate from UKMC while teaching at
Northwest Missouri State University of Maryville
and raising her children with Charles. The
children also got the acting bug, pursuing similar
studies and careers as their parents (albeit one
does his acting in a courtroom).
Your SDWS Board welcomes your ideas for
programs we can offer to nourish your Welsh
heritage. We also welcome Cornish program
ideas to help us celebrate our Cornish
neighbors. Please send your ideas to
[email protected].
Ein ffrindiau yng Nghernyw Our Cornish Friends
from our Cornish friends up north in
southwest Wisconsin
Here is something of possible interest here in the
farming Midwest. In the third episode of the new
television series Poldark, Francis Poldark
performs the ancient and traditional “Crying of the
Neck”, celebrating the end of harvest at Trenwith,
his family estate. The “neck” is a miniature sheaf
made up of the wheat brought down by the last
sweep of the scythe. It is bound with flowers
intertwined within it. All of the harvest party andf
family gather around and a stout-lunged reaper
proclaims, “I hav’en! I hav’en! I hav’en!” The crowd
replies, “What hav’ee? What hav’ee? What
hav’ee?”, the reaper shouting back,, “A neck!, A
neck! A neck!” General merriment follows and the
draughts of ale and cider are often deep. There is
plenty to eat, dancing and generally a good time is
had by all.
The Cry the Neck ceremony was common yet
in 1880 throughout Cornwall and earlier in Devon.
It was revived in Cornwall in the early 20th century
by the Old Cornwall Society.
Have you sent yours?
Hel Achau Cymreig - Some Welsh
Genealogy
from http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wale
Hollywood actor Ioan Gruffudd has discovered
he is a direct descendant of Edward I, the king
who conquered Wales. In a programme tracing
the Welsh star's ancestry, he learns his family
stretches back to the Plantagenets, including
Henry III, Edward's father. Henry had granted
Llywelyn, the last prince of Wales, his title, while
Edward was the person responsible for his
death. Gruffudd told the Coming Home
programme it was a "stunning revelation". The
Cardiff-born actor returned to Wales from his
home in Los Angeles to make the programme
with BBC Wales. He is descended directly from
Edward on one branch of his family, and from
another son of Henry III on the other. He said of
the discovery: "When one is raised in Wales
and most specifically through the Welsh
language, we are educated that Llywelyn was
the last true prince of Wales, so that has big
significance to me personally from what I
learned as a child. There is a direct conflict that
he [Edward] was related to the king of England
who made the treaty with Llywelyn, who gave
birth to the man who conquered Wales. It's a
stunning revelation that I'm descended from
someone who wanted to cause so much ill to
the Welsh and the Welsh history, and who
wanted all the power and the control to himself.”
Elton John thinks “sorry” seems to be the
hardest word to say. He clearly hasn’t been to
Llanfair-wllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysil
Cymru ym mhobman! - Wales Everywhere
When Ashley Williams and Takeshi Koike met
at university in 1991 they didn’t realise they
would spend their careers teaching each
other’s cultures. Ashley, whose parents are
from the Rhondda studied history at St David’s
University College Lampeter from 1990 to
1993. While studying there he met a Japanese
exchange student called Takeshi. He
immersed himself so much in the Welsh
language he was a fluent Welsh speaker by
the time he returned to Japan one year later,”
said Ashley. But love of the Welsh language
and culture was not a flash in the pan for
Takeshi who is now a lecturer at Daito Bunka
University in Tokyo. Takeshi, 45, said: “I teach
a course named, ‘Wales: The Culture and the
Language’. During the first half of my lectures,
I talk about various aspects of Welsh culture,
the red dragon, the flag, Dewi Sant, how to
make bara brith and sport, especially rugby.”
The second half of the course is spent
learning Welsh. To do this Takeshi uses a
book called Ue-ruzu Go No Kihon: Basics of
Welsh which he wrote with a colleague. “This
year I have some 80 students. It’s quite
amazing to hear 80 students pronouncing, in
chorus, ‘p’nawn da, shwdych chi?’ in the
middle of Tokyo!” said Takeshi. “They always
say it’s a difficult language compared with
English. Nevertheless, they seem to enjoy
learning it.”
In 1993 Ashley flew to Tokyo to learn
Japanese and work as an English teacher. He
was picked up from the airport by Takeshi and
stayed with his aunt and uncle, Akie and Shoji
Ishii. He remains close friends with them and
they came to visit this past summer during
Wales’s heroic Euro campaign. “I bought them
Wales football shirts and they went out to pubs
to watch some of Wales’ matches in the Euros”
said Ashley. “When they went back to Japan,
Akie and Shoji got up in the middle of the night
to watch both the Belgium and the Portugal
games, wearing their football shirts and
cheering for Wales from their living room in
Tokyo.”
Ashley, 44, is now putting his Japanese to use
by teaching Japanese at Aberystwyth
University. From the first week of October, he
will be teaching the university’s Beginners’
Japanese courses at Carmarthen Community
Education Centre and Llanelli Coleshill
Community Centre. Ashley said: “The next best
thing to living there is for me to bring my love of
Japanese language and culture to people living
in Wales. It’s the perfect job for me.
“With the Rugby World Cup being held in
Japan in 2019, and Tokyo hosting the next
Olympics in 2020, Japan will be in the news a
lot from now on. If my students travelled to
Japan for one of these events, and managed to
communicate in Japanese while they were
there, I’d be over the moon.”
Diwrnod mewn Hanes Cymru –
A Day in History
On 21 February 1804, the world's first
locomotive railway journey took place as
Richard Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive
hauled a train full of people between
Penydarren and Abercynon in Glamorgan.
Trevithick was a British inventor and mining
engineer from Cornwall. He performed poorly in
school, but went on to be an early pioneer of
steam-powered road and rail transport.
iogogo-goch.
of general roles available as well as specialist
positions and we have always emphasized that
what matters most is a smiling face, a winning
attitude and for volunteers to be available in the
days running up to the event as well as the
Finals to commit to make these the best
Champions League Finals ever. The volunteer
recruitment process is now open. Applicants can
apply via www.faw.cymru/Cardiff2017
Chwaraeon yng Nghymru –
Sports in Wales
thanks to www.walesonline.co.uk
Darnau Cymraeg - Welsh Bits
borrowed from
http://gouk.about.com/od/walestravel/tp/10Odd-Attractions-in-Wales.htm
If you plan to be in Cardiff in June, here is a unique
opportunity for you!
Hard up against ancient walls of Conwy, near
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) is
looking for 1,000 people to help it welcome football
fans from across Europe when Cardiff hosts the
UEFA Champions League final on Saturday, June
3 and the UEFA Women’s Champions League final
on June 1. The biggest club competition in World
football attracts a global audience of 200 million
viewers with tens of thousands of foreign fans
expected to descend on the city.
FAW Chief Executive, Jonathan Ford, said:
“Our aim is that everyone in Wales also has an
opportunity to experience unforgettable moments
when these iconic events come to Cardiff.” While
over 70,000 tickets will be made available for the
Principality Stadium itself on June 3, around
200,000 people are expected to visit a UEFA
Champions Festival (Fanzone) in Cardiff during the
week leading up the final. In addition 2,500
members of the media will descend on the Welsh
Conwy Castle and facing the quay, Britain's
smallest house, sometimes known as Quay House,
is a narrow red, one-up one down fisherman's
cottage just under 6 feet wide and 11.5 feet deep.
The last occupant, Robert Jones, was - at 6'3" taller than the house is wide. He lived there, unable
to stand up in the rooms of his own house, until
1900 when the local council declared the house unfit
for human occupation. His family still owns the
house and for small admission fee you can have a
look around inside.
Santes Cadw Ni! - Saints Preserve Us!
borrowed from Wikipedia
Poyntys Kernowek (Darnau I Gernyw [W]) –
Cornish Bits
borrowed from
http://positiveletters.blogspot.com/2015/04/ois-for-onen-hag-oll-and-oddities.html
and elsewhere
Emmet - this a nickname The Cornish people
use to refer to the non-Cornish…perhaps
those “furriners”. It is thought to derive from
the Cornish language word for “ant”, because
of the way tourists and ants are often red in
color and appear to be just milling around!
Cornish game hens – well known in the
United States – are an immature bird which is
a cross between the Cornish game and
Plymouth or White Rock chicken. It develops a
large breast over a short time compared to
game hens. But it is not a game bird. And
thought called a ”hen” it can be either male or
female.
Therese and Jacques Makowsky of
Connecticut are credited with developing the
small bird in the 1950s. crossing Cornish
game cocks with various chickens and game
birds, the found a succulent bird suitable for a
single serving. The musician and comedian
Victor Borge was both an investor and
promoted of the Cornish hen in the early
years, changing it from an exotic o a common
household meal.
St. Melangell (St. Monacella
in Latin) was the daughter of
an Irish monarch in the late
500s, who had determined to
marry her to a nobleman of
his court. But the princess
had vowed celibacy. She fled
from her father's dominions
and took refuge in Powys in
Wales, where she lived
fifteen years without seeing
the face of a man.
Out one day hare hunting, Brochwel Yscythrog,
Prince of Powys, pursued his game into a great
thicket; when he was amazed to find a virgin of
surpassing beauty, engaged in deep devotion,
the hare hiding under her robe, boldly facing the
dogs, who would not advance. When he heard
her story, he gave to God and her a parcel of
lands, to be a sanctuary to all that fled there. He
desired her to found an abbey on the spot. She
did so, and died abbess at a good old age. She
was buried in the neighboring church, which
became known as Pennant Melangell. Her hard
bed is shown in the cleft of a neighbouring rock.
Her tomb was in a little chapel, adjoining to the
church. This room is still called Cell-y-bedd or
the Cell of the Grave. A rude wooden carving
shows the Saint, with numbers of hares scuttling
to her for protection. She properly became their
Patroness. They were called Oen Melangell or
St. Monacella's Lambs.
Today the Church maintains a retreat center
there offering a contemplative space for
refreshment and renewal, and a ministry to
those in emotional or psychological distress.
capital. The match is expected to boost the local
economy by £45m.
The Become a Champion volunteer recruitment
campaign will offer detailed training and support
each volunteer will receive a Cardiff 2017 Adidas
uniform, meals and soft drinks when on shift, a
certificate and recognition gift. There is no need for
people to have volunteered before. Jobs are
expected to cover areas including accreditation,
transport, marketing, ticketing and VIP services. In
addition, 500 volunteers will be offered the chance
Caneuon o fywyd – Songs of Life
to play their part in a glittering pre-match ceremony We often gather to sing hymns so we may be
in the Principality Stadium. There is a wide range
less familiar with other traditional Welsh songs.
Heddiw Cymru – Wales Today
Here are several examples of folk songs we
from Walesonline
may enjoy, in the spirit of St. Dwynwen’s Day,
.
A Ei Di'r Deryn Du?
A number of us are in the “pension years” and may
Blackbird Will You Go
be looking for a comfortable place to live complete
A ei di'r deryn du
To my dearest love?
with its own piano bar, cinema, personal chef and
O cais fy nghangen gu. For I'm so deep in
chauffeur. For well-off pensioners in Cardiff it is a
love.
reality!
Residents at plush Ty Llandaff, in Conway
Ni welaf yn un man
Such a damsel in my
Road, Pontcanna , will be able to enjoy such a
sight
home. A spokesman for the Ty Llandaff home said:
Â'r ferch mor lân o liw. She is a beauty
“It has been built to a high standard across three
bright.
floors with 72 luxurious en-suite bedrooms and
offers five-star accommodation and superb
Mae'i gwallt yn felyn aur Just like a ring of gold
facilities on an ‘all-inclusive’ basis.” Facilities
A'i phryd fel eira gwyn. The truth it must be
include a home cinema, piano bar, hair salon,
told.
luxury spa and therapy rooms, gym, on-site chef
The Maid of Llanwellyn
and fine dining, accessible beautiful landscaped
I've no sheep on the mountains nor boat on the
gardens, and a celebrations room which can be
lake
used for private family occasions. Ty Llandaff has
Nor coin in my coffer to keep me awake
its own dedicated activities coordinator who
Nor corn in my garner, nor fruit on my tree
provides a varied programme of entertainment and
Yet the maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on
activities on a daily basis. “There is even a
me.
concierge and chauffeur service with a MercedesBenz ready to take residents into town which all is
Rich Owen will tell you with eyes full of scorn
covered by the weekly fees.” The spokesman said
the home has “excellent” transport connections
and boasted it was just a 10-minute bus journey to
Cardiff city centre.
But the weekly fees for residents have not been
revealed, Instead they want serious applicants to
contact them directly about how much it costs to
gain a place in one of the 72 en-suite bedrooms.
Note: if you do choose to move to Ty Llandaff,
we will miss you, but you can still keep connected
with the St. David’s Welsh Society of Greater
Kansas City by the internet…
Threadbare is my coat and my hosen are torn
Scoff on my rich Owen, for faint is thy glee
When the maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on
me.
The farmer rides proudly to market and fair
And the clerk at the ale house still claims the
great chair
But of all our proud fellows, the proudest I'll be
When the maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on
me.