Another fun thing over Christmas was a chocolate fountain. Chocolate is always fun. Being in Wales, of course, there was rugby. The Cardiff Blues lost twice to the Ospreys (Wales in black shirts). Someone gave the boys a rugby ball for Christmas. They're more familiar with the round ball. Another feature there is singing grace together. We always use an englyn (a traditional form of poem in Welsh)
O Dad, yn deulu dedwydd - Y deuwn
A diolch o'r newydd,
Cans o'th law y daw bob dydd
Ein lluniaeth a'n llawenydd.
[O Dad, yn deulu dedwydd (Dad & dedwydd, d repeated) - Y deuwn
A diolch o'r newydd, (deuwn & diolch, d repeated)
Cans o'th law y daw bob dydd (law & daw rhyming, daw & dydd, d repeated, cynghanedd sain)
Ein lluniaeth a'n llawenydd. (ein lluniaeth & a'n llawenydd, ll-n repeated)]
A diolch o'r newydd, (deuwn & diolch, d
Cans o'th law y daw bob dydd (law & daw rhyming, daw & dydd, d
Ein lluniaeth a'n llawenydd. (ein lluniaeth & a'n llawenydd, ll-
It means something like
O Father, the happy family comes to thank anew, Because from your hand comes each day our food and our joy. Amen.
It appears to have been written by W. D. Williams (1900-1985).
2 comments:
IS written by WD WILLIAMS, my great grandfather.. legendary man..
Diolch Anon
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