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Poor child John to be saddled with that!..didnt look very nice to me!

oooohhh Brenda. I think that may be the man I named by son and heir after :-0 :-0 :-0

Don't mention Conwy Castle or we will have a young lady with red flimsies racing down the A5 :-( :-( :-(

a filthy one by the sound of it :-D :-D :-D

Well it wasn't that clean Mr D!!

Brenda, what habit was this apparition displaying ? ;-) :-D

MrD Are old memories coming back?

"Oes gafr eto?" is a favourite kid's song. Gets faster and faster as you build up the goats. Gafr wen (white goat), gafr ddu (black), gafr las (blue) until about 8 goats needing milking - heb eu godro.

Gwersi Cymraeg am rhad ac am ddim (free Welsh lessons) ;-)

John, if we had a 'gafr goch' we might find Suzanne's under garments ?? But then, a hwrdd would give u a bit of a bruise too !! Oh, I love languages :-D :-D :-D

No John .this man...or mirage ...was much taller and certainly thinner than Russell Grant...Think he had R L embroidered in big letters on the front of his habit.
I was so near to the castle as I turned the corner that I could see his thin features quite clearly.

Brenda. That must have been Russell Grant. No other men in Wales would dress so provocatively :-D ;-)

so why do you insist it's Goat/sheep of the white rock?

MrD

Oes gafr eto? A "dafad won't butt you like a "gafr" :-D :-D

Also thought I saw a man in a long white dress gazing out from one of the parapets on Conwy Castle as I passed it on the Trefriw rd..frightened me a bit,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLe5japmy6A

'Cariwch', medd Dafydd, 'fy nhelyn i mi,
Ceisiaf cyn marw roi tôn arni hi.
Codwch fy nwylo i gyraedd y tant;
Duw a'ch bendithio fy ngweddw a'm plant!'
'Neithiwr mi glywais lais angel fel hyn:
"Dafydd, tyrd adref, a chwarae trwy'r glyn!"
Delyn fy mebyd, ffarwel i dy dant!
Duw a'ch bendithio fy ngweddw a'm plant!'

'Bring me my harp', was David's sad sigh,
'I would play one more tune before I die.
Help me, dear wife, put the hands to the strings,
I wish my loved ones the blessing God brings.'
'Last night an angel called with heaven's breath:
"David, play, and come through the gates of death!"
Farewell, faithful harp, farewell to your strings,
I wish my loved ones the blessing God brings.'
:-D :-D

Unfortunately John, although you are correct about defaid (sheep), Dafad is a goat...

:-D

Re the beautiful song, quote Cariwch, medd Dafydd, fy nhelyn imi unquote, the first two lines translate :

Bring me my harp, was David's sad sigh (your first line),
'I would play one more tune before I die

From Dafydd y Garreg Wen.

Ddysgu ychydig mwy o Gymraeg (oh, dear, I'm a bit rusty .... hope I got that right!!!)
But you're not doing tooo bad!

No...got a few mussels though!,

Did you catch any crabs Brenda :-D

Have been out to lunch today in Gyffin Conwy and seen the first newborn Welsh lambs out in the field and there were a lot of Welsh ponies out in the next field gazing at them.....shame ...not a Druid in sight...or a standing stone!

FGS, Dafad y Garreg Wen is a very famous song sung to Iron Maiden's Run to the Hills" It is about a Hell's Angel who loves his sheep (defaid), and then slaughters his favourite (dafad) and eats him on Garreg Wen.
Dafydd y Garreg Wen is a rather lovely song, often sung by Male Voice Choirs and accompanied by a harpist who charges £2 a pluck.

When have the Treorchy Male Voice Choir sang anything that resembles "Run to the Hills". :-0 :-0 :-0 :-| :-| :-| Get it sorted!!!!!

Sandie. :-D :-D Just the most beautiful words in either Welsh or English. Always loved it so much. :-D Used to know it all in Welsh - think it starts "Cariwch, medd Dafydd, fy nhelyn imi..."

Ann C , change you avatar to a plain female shadow as in nothing ! before the night is over ;-)

The English version as I was taught for our annual school Eisteddfod was----

Bring me said David the harp I adore
I long how death calls me to play it once more
Help me to believe my beloved friends again
Widows and children gods blessing remain.

Last night I heard a fine angel just say
David fly home on the wings and thus play
Harp of my youth and my blessing remain ( ?)
Widows and children gods blessing remain.

There are many different versions.