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Welsh - St. David's Day - March 1st
Margaret Glasgwyn - Wisconsin US
Dewi Sant or St. David is a Saint of the Celtic Church - son of Sandde, Prince of Powys, and Non, daughter of a Chieftan of Menevia whose lands included the peninsula on which the little cathedral town of St David's now stands. David became the Abbot of Ty Ddewi/ St David's and died on 1st March 589. A.D. He was buried in what is today St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.
So respected was he that medieval pilgrims believed that two pilgrimages to St David's were worth one pilgrimage to Rome! Fifty churches in South Wales alone bear his name. March 1st, St David's Day, is now the traditional day of the Welsh - celebrated by Welsh people all over the world, wearing either of the national emblems - a leek or a daffodil. Usually the day's celebrations would include a Noson Lawen (Folk Evening), an eisteddfod or a dinner with a guest speaker.
Cornish - St. Piran's Day - March 5th
Jean Jolliffe Wisconsin, USWhile everyone associates March with St. Patrick, do you know that two other Celtic nations have special days in March honoring their saints - Wales and Cornwall?
The Cornish celebrates St. Piran’s Day on March 5th. St. Piran, the patron saint of Cornish tinners, according to folklore, sailed to Cornwall from Ireland on a millstone. It seems he offended one of the Irish kings who had him shackled to a millstone and thrown into the sea. Those watching were amazed to see him rise to the surface of the water sitting astride the millstone. After landing in Cornwall, St. Piran built his church and preached Christianity.
One night as he was preparing his dinner, the black rocks he cooked upon became so hot that he noticed white metal flowing from between the fissures in the rocks. This was the discovery, or so the story goes, of tin which St. Piran taught the Cornish to extract from the ore. The Cornish subsequently became the great underground miners of the 19th Century.
The national flag of Cornwall is known as St. Piran’s flag - a black background with a white cross, standing for the white tin from the black ore, the light of God out of the darkness and is said to represent the triumph of good over evil.
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