De Yow, seydhegves
mis Genver
Thursday,
17th January
En termyn
eus passyes, hedhyw a veu “Dewdhegves Nos”. Nena, treylys veu an calander dhort “Julian”
dhe “Gregorian” ha nag ew an jedh hedna na moy. Pab Gregor XIII a wrüg commendya
y galander e’n vledhen pemdhek cans pajar ügans ha dew bes na veu va ûsys en
Breten Veur ken bledhen seytek cans dogans ha dewdhek. E’n jedh hedhyw thew
Dewdhegves Nos wheffes mis Genver. Eus wharvos hedhyw? Termyn ew dhe “wassel”
en avalednow cider – dhe eva yehes an gwedh ha voydya spryjyon drog. Nena e
vedh trevas da a lavalow e’n kidnyadh.
In a
time that is past, today was “Twelfth Night”. Then the calendar was changed
from “Julian” to “Gregorian” and the day is not that any more. Pope Gregory
XIII introduced his calendar in the year 1582 but it was not used in Great Britain
before year 1752. Nowadays Twelfth Night is 6th January. Does
anything happen today? It’s time to “wassail” in cider orchards – to drink the
trees’ health and drive out bad spirits. Then there will be a good harvest of
apples in the autumn.
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