Welsh Patriots

Can’t believe the show I saw

Wow what an amazing view

Ha ha ha ha

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Wait til you see the video on tonight’s lightening and thunder show with crazy commentary from me and my sons

Coming tomorrow

Have a good one ☝️

Nos daaaaaaaa

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Welsh Patriots

So true ha ha ha

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Today is the feast day of Saint Melangell, patron saint of hares and rabbits.

Prince Brochwel Ysgithrog was hunting near Pennant in the year 604 when his hounds chased a hare into a thicket, where they found a beautiful maiden at prayer. The hare sheltered under the hem of her garment, and the dogs fled. The Prince, discovering that the lady was Melangell, a king’s daughter who had fled Ireland to escape a forced marriage, gave her the valley as a place of sanctuary. Melangell remained there, where she founded a nunnery.

Artwork by Kay Leverton.
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On 27th May 1989 John Evans of Fforestfach became the UK's oldest man ever, Evans died the following year aged aged 112 years, 295 days. The record stood until 2009 and he remains the longest-lived Welsh-born person. Evans had been a coal miner and attributed his longevity to abstinence from drinking, smoking and swearing.

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The UK at night during a heatwave is basically a live Bushtucker Trial.

You crack the window open by HALF AN INCH and somehow every insect in a 10 mile radius gets the group chat notification.

Next thing you know:

• A moth the size of a pigeon smacks you in the forehead

• 14 tiny flies are doing laps round the ceiling light

• There’s a spider built like a landlord sat in the corner watching you sleep

• And some mystery buzzing cunt keeps flying past your ear then vanishing when you turn the light on

Meanwhile you’re laid there sweating your bollocks off because if you shut the window you can’t breathe… but if you leave it open your bedroom turns into fucking Jumanji. 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Have a great day all!!!

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Welsh Patriots

This kid has more courage than any politician in the UK!

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Here is a map which shows the 'Mythical Beasts of Wales'.

As many will know, we do have our own Welsh mythology which dates back thousands of years. This map, however, does contain some more modern fictional characters, such as the dog Gelert in Beddgelert, Gwynedd.

It is still an excellent map, though!

(Image Credits: www.pucaprinthouse.com/post/mythical-beasts-of-wal….

The map can be bought from the creator at: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PucaPrinthouse?ref=simple-sho…)

#WelshHistories #WelshHistory #HanesCymru

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On 25th May 1865 the clipper ship 'Mimosa' set sail from Liverpool carrying 153 Welsh emigrants bound for Patagonia. A bad storm brewed up and they stayed in the Mersey estuary for 3 days before being able to continue their journey.

The passengers paid £12 per adult and £6 per child for the journey. Their aim was to establish a Welsh colony in the Chubut River valley in a bid to preserve the Welsh language and culture. They landed on July 28 and were met by Edwyn Cynrig Roberts and Lewis Jones who had arrived in Patagonia in June to prepare for the main cohort of settlers. They named their landing site Porth Madryn and on September 15th 1865 the first town in the colony was named Rawson, which was followed by settlements at Gaiman and Trelew.

In 1875 the Argentine government granted the Welsh settlers ownership of the land, encouraging hundreds of others from Wales to join the colony.

Today, more than 50,000 Patagonians are of Welsh descent with almost 5,000 being Welsh speakers. The Welsh-Argentine colony, which became known as Y Wladfa, remains centered around Gaiman, Trelew and Trevelin.

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On 25th May 1999 the last pit pony in South Wales, 'Robbie', worked his last shift underground at Pant y Gaseg, Pontypool.

In 1913 there were 70,000 ponies working underground in Britain's coal mines, gradually replaced by mechanised haulage, until by 1984 only 55 ponies were still in use.

Small ponies no more than 12 hands high were needed, with Shetlands being a breed commonly used because of their small size. The ponies were stabled underground, coming to the surface only during the colliery's annual holiday. They would work an eight-hour shift, during which they might haul 30 tons of coal.

In 1996 it was decided to redevelop the site of Penallta Colliery near Hengoed by building Penallta Country Park. The park includes 'Sultan' a 200 metre long figurative earth sculpture of a pit pony. The artwork was created by Mike Petts using 60,000 tons of coal shale waste, covered with living grass and named by local people after one of the last pit ponies from the area, which was still living at the time.

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