Thursday, March 1, 2012

Happy St. David's Day

Having some Welsh ancestral blood on my father's side, I think I will celebrate St. David's Day today, by buying some daffodils. March 1st is the feast day of St. David who is the patron saint of Wales. 
"Many Welsh people wear one or both of the national emblems of Wales on their lapel to celebrate St. David on this day: the daffodil (a generic Welsh symbol which is in season during March) or the leek (Saint David's personal symbol). The leek arises from an occasion when a troop of Welsh were able to distinguish each other from a troop of English enemy dressed in similar fashion by wearing leeks. The association between leeks and daffodils is strengthened by the fact that they have similar names in Welsh, Cenhinen (leek) and Cenhinen Pedr (daffodil, literally "Peter's leek"). Younger girls sometimes wear traditional Welsh costumes to school. This costume consists of a long wool skirt, white blouse, wool shawl and Welsh hat."  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_David's_Day

Stained glass window@Jesus College, Oxford.

Here is a Welsh choir with harps celebrating St. David's Day in 2009:


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