De Yow, üdnegves mis Gorefan
Thursday, 11th 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 vrâs. (Saw Gwennap Pytt nag ew plen an gwary, keth ew brâs 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 distinctive and different theatre. It is not a playhouse because there is no building at all. A playing place is a very large circular space. (But Gwennap Pit is not a playing place, though it is large and round.) There are two of them complete and well preserved, one in St Just and the other in Perranzabuloe. Perhaps there are thirty traces or remnants in other places. Religious plays were performed in them – perhaps each playing place had its own miracle play about the life of its favourite saint. They were important in the past for the language and the cultural life of Cornwall. You can read more about them in this wonderful book by Will Coleman.
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