Dedh Trei Hans ha Naw

De Merher, pajwora mis Dû

Wednesday, 4^th November

 My a dhifünas dhe weles gòlow an howl. Thera an howldrevel ow terlentry war welsednow gleb gen glouth. A wra hedhyw bos jorna teg? Na veu jorna teg rag an côch ma a wrüg fyllel! Ass ew bush brâs a vog. Fortüdnyes o an gwywer loos gwag ma hedhyw. Thera know ha has rag an edhyn war an vos. Rag fra ma nown dhe’n gwywer? Drefen nag eus know coll war an colwedh. An gwyweres gòcky a’s sqwattyas dor potho anjei whath bohes arves! Eus creun dhe’n best rag an gwav? En hav per co gwav! Eus creun dhe whei rag Covid-19? Hedhyw e’n jedh nei ell gòrra boos en yeyner. En termyn eus passyes thera dhe bub abby ha maner aga yeynjy. A be le a dheuth an yey? Gwav o môy yeyn ha calish. Rag pemp cans bledhen (môy po le) thera Oos Yey Bian. Thera ergh ha yey lowr dhe drehy ha gwitha en chei bian dadn an dor (pecar'a fogow). Hedna a withas boos er en hav ewedh. Era yeynjy en Kernow? Ottòbma “Jangye-Ryn”, penrin gen yeynjy, ogas dhe Wynwalo.

I woke up to see sunshine. The sunrise was sparkling on the dew-wet blades of grass. Will today be a lovely day? It wasn’t a lovely day for this broken-down coach! What a lot of smoke. This hungry grey squirrel was lucky today. There were nuts and seeds for the birds on the wall. Why is the squirrel hungry? Because there aren’t any hazel nuts on the hazel trees. The silly squirrels knocked them down while they were still unripe! Does the animal have a stockpile for the winter? In summer remember winter! Do you have a stockpile for Covid-19? Nowadays we can put food in a refrigerator. Once upon a time every abbey and manor had their ice-house. Where did the ice come from? Winter was colder and hard. For five hundred years (more or less) there was a Little Ice Age. There was enough snow and ice to cut and keep in a little house under the ground (like a cave). That kept food fresh in the summer as well. Was there an ice-house in Cornwall? Behold “Jangye-Ryn”, a promontory with an ice-house, near Gunwalloe.

Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today

a wrüg fyllel failed, broken-down

bush brâs (m) large amount

divüna ~ difüny to wake up, awaken

gleb gen glouth dew-wet, dew covered

gwelsednow (plural) blades of grass < gwelsen (f)

penrin (m) promontory, headland

sqwattya dor to knock down

terlentry to sparkle

yeyner (m) refrigerator

yeynjy (m) ice-house