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same thing the early bird got the Local Neighbourhood Reich is a German word that could be roughly credit for. NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH & Policing Teams hold regular translated as "nation" or "realm." It sometimes refer to one of the three major German empires POLICING TEAM Partners and Communities Together (PACT) meetings in our area. PACT that have existed. These were, respectively:

he Neighbourhood Watch & T meetings are a chance to discuss problems in - The Holy Roman Empire of the German Policing Team hold regular our community and help to set the priorities for Nation, which lasted from the coronation of meetings in Pwll Pavilion so local police action. Our meeting (HELP - WE’RE ON THE WEB Otto I as a Holy Roman Emperor in 962 to that the public can meet them Hengoed, Elli, Lleidi wards) is held in Llanelli 1806, when it was dissolved during the and discuss their problems and Town Hall on the second Wednesday every two Napoleonic Wars. Don’t forget that you can concerns. months as follows: - The German Empire, which lasted from view all previous editions Meetings (open to all) are held every June 11 th @ 6:30 the unification of Germany in 1871 to its of the magazine on the web. We also Wednesday between 11am - noon th collapse after World War I, during the August 13 @ 6:30 have over 400 old and new photographs th Your local neighbourhood watch co-ordinator is October 8 @ 6:30 German Revolution of 1918–1919. of interest to Pwll residents there. Take John Edwards. You can contact John on a look by pointing your browser to: 775534. You can contact your local Police - Nazi Germany, the state commonly known Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings as the Third Reich , which lasted from 1933 Community Support Officer Dan Brown by and contribute towards the setting of police www.pwllmag.co.uk phoning 101 or by e-mail at:: to the End of World War II in Europe in priority actions for the area. 1945. [email protected] bayonets to disperse the crowd. The train CHIEF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE One week later, Dai again goes into his son's THE LLANELLI RIOTS passed slowly, but was pursued by strikers who room to wish him goodnight. His son is having boarded it and put out the engine fire, The famous Indian, Chief Rain-in-the-Face another nightmare - Dai again wakes his son. immobilising it. Troops followed, but found once suffered a great His son, this time, says that he had dreamt that themselves boxed in a cutting, as miners humiliation at the hands granddad had died. Dai assures the son that approached, some throwing stones. Stuart of Captain Tom Custer, granddaddy is fine and sends him to bed. The asked the local Justice of the Peace to read the brother of General next day granddaddy dies. strikers the Riot Act, which he apparently George Custer. He One week later, Dai again goes into his son's mumbled reluctantly. Stuart then ordered his swore vengeance, and room to wish him goodnight. His son is having men to fire shots towards the crowd. Two young made a boast that one another nightmare - Dai again wakes his son. men were shot dead. One was a 21 year old day he would cut out His son this time says that he had dreamt that tinplate worker named John 'Jac' John, who Tom Custer's heart. daddy had died. Dai assures the son that he is "had joined the picket line to support his less Rain-in-the-Face had to wait two years to make OK and sends the boy to bed. fortunate townsmen." The other was a 19 year good his threat, but then on June 25, 1876, at old youth named Leonard Worsell, who was not the Battle of Little Bighorn he had his day. Dai goes to bed but cannot sleep because he is

he Llanelli Riots of 1911 were a series of involved in the conflict, but has just come out so terrified. T In telling about it later, he said, "I had sung the into his back garden when he heard the events precipitated the National Railway Strike war song, I had smelt power smoke, my heart The next day, Dai is scared for his life. He is commotion. In his report Major Stuart claimed of 1911. Mass picketing action at Llanelli was bad--I was like one who had no mind. I sure he is going to die. After dressing Dai drives his soldiers were firing warning shots, and were railway station was brutally suppressed by the rushed in and took their flag; my pony fell dead very cautiously to work fearful of a collision. He unaware of the men when they did so, but other police, resulting in the deaths of two men, shot as I took it. I cut the thong that bound me; I doesn't eat lunch because he is scared of food witnesses claim they were deliberately targeted. dead by troops of the Worcester Regiment. jumped up and brained the sword flag man with poisoning. He avoids everyone for he is sure he Rioting followed and magistrates' homes were Irrespective of the intentions of the troops, their my war club, and ran back to our line with the will somehow be killed. He jumps at every attacked and railway trucks were set on fire, actions sparked not only the strikers, but also flag. I was mad. I got a fresh pony and rushed noise, starts at every movement and hides resulting in an explosion which killed a further other residents of Llanelli into a day of back, shooting, cutting and slashing. This pony under his desk. four people. widespread disorder was shot and I got another. Upon walking in his front door at the end of the and rioting, laying The incident was highly politically sensitive, as This time I saw Little Hair (Tom Custer)--I day, Dai finds his wife. "Good God, Dear," he waste to many the Great Western Railway through remembered my vow. I was crazy; I feared proclaims, "I've just had the worst day of my businesses in the Carmarthenshire, was the main route between nothing. I knew nothing would hurt me, for I had entire life!" town centre. One England and the troubles in Ireland. The Riots my white weasel tail on. I don't know how many man was killed when She responds, "You think your day was bad, occurred during a period of great industrial I killed trying to get at him. He knew me. I he attempted to use the milkman dropped dead on the doorstep this unrest, and involves prominent figures on the laughed at him and yelled at him. I saw his dynamite to open an morning." international scene such as Lloyd George, mouth move, but there was so much noise I armoured freight Winston Churchill, King George V, and Kaiser couldn't hear his voice. He was afraid. When I carriage, unaware Wilhelm of Germany. got near enough I shot him with my revolver. that the cargo was My gun was gone, I didn't know where. I got The Llanelli industrial action was part of the first munitions, resulting back on my pony and rode off. I was satisfied national railway strike. Llanelli railway station in a massive and sick of fighting." NEWS OF THE WEIRD was the scene for the riots, which took place on explosion. On the 19 August 1911. The national strike precipitated following day three (Source: carlmoon.com) a mass picket in Llanelli due to the ease with more innocent people died from injuries which strikers could blockade the Great sustained in the blast. After the disorder was In February, a one-armed man stole a single Western Railway at Llanelli railway station. The over, the people of Llanelli was very remorseful cufflink from the CJ Vinten shop in Leigh-on- strike itself lasted only two days. The strike and ashamed of the widespread looting and Sea, and in March, a one-legged man stole a started on Thursday evening, and by Saturday DAI’S SON’S vandalism. As such the riots were rarely spoken single Nike trainer shoe from a store in evening a negotiated settlement had been of in the town, such that most of its residents NIGHTMARES Barnsley. The one-armed man is still loose, but reached. However, by this time a series of are unaware of one of the more significant the one-legged man has been arrested. clashes with strikers had led to the deployment events in its history. Dai goes into his of a detachment from the Royal Worcester (Source: Wikipedia ) son's room to wish Regiment. The involvement of the army was him goodnight. His The Azerbaijani government's official vote approved by the then Home Secretary Winston son is having a nightmare. Dai wakes him and totals for the Oct. 8 th elections (showing Churchill. I have found the paradox, that if you asks his son if he is OK? The son replies he is President Aliyev winning, as expected, with During the negotiations a train containing love until it hurts, there can be no more scared because he dreamt that Auntie Susie 72.76 percent of the votes), was mistakenly strikebreaking workers was held up. The hurt, only more love. - Mother Teresa had died. Dai assures his son that Auntie Susie released to the public on Oct. 7 – one day commanding officer of the troops, Major is fine and sends him to bed. before the official count. The next day Auntie Susie dies. Brownlow Stuart, ordered his men to use

THE ANCIENT TRIBES OF WALES was also a tribe with the same name living in DAI AND THE ASSAY OFFICE MARK north-west Wales, on the Ll ŷn Peninsula and RESTAURANT ntil 1998, a Hallmark consisted of four historians are undecided whether they were two U The Demetae were a different tribes or the same tribe. COMPULSORY MARKS. Since 1998 the date Celtic people of Iron Age Old Dai and his letter has become optional but the other three Britain who inhabited wife had dinner at symbols remain compulsory. modern Pembrokeshire and another couple's Carmarthenshire in south- house. After the west Wales, and gave their Happiness comes of the capacity to meal, the wives left the table and went into the name to the county of kitchen. The two elderly gentlemen were feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think Dyfed. Their origin is uncertain, however, a talking. number of place names are similar to what freely, to risk life, to be needed . - were Celtic regions in what is now the Storm Jameson Dai said, "Last night we went out to a new Bordeaux region of France. restaurant, and it was really great. I would The symbols give the following information: recommend it very highly." • who made the article

The Silures were a powerful and warlike tribe • ELDERLY COUPLE Dai’s friend asked, "What's the name of the what is its guaranteed standard of of ancient Britain, occupying approximately the restaurant?" Dai thought and thought, and fineness counties of Monmouthshire, Breconshire and finally asked, "What's the name of the flower • the Assay Office at which the article Glamorganshire of present day South Wales; you give someone you love? You know ... the was tested and marked and Gloucestershire and Herefordshire of Dai and his wife were one that’s red and thorny." • the year in which the article was present day England. The Silures waged elderly. One night, whilst in bed, his wife woke up "Do you mean a Rose?" tested and marked effective guerilla warfare against the Roman forces. It remains unclear whether the Silures from a bad dream. She "Yes," Dai said. Dai turned toward the kitchen There are now only four British Assay Offices in were actually militarily defeated or simply was scared and and yelled, "Rose, what's the name of that existence. agreed to come to terms, but Roman sources panicking. Dai woke and restaurant we went to last night? suggest that they were eventually subduedby a turned the light on to serie of campaigns ending about AD 78. calm her. Dai asked what was wrong. She I don't approve of political Birmingham Edinburgh said "I had a dream that I died and you got The Ordovices’ tribal lands were located in present day Wales and England between the remarried." She then asked him, "If I died jokes... I've seen too many of Silures to the south and the Deceangli to the tomorrow would you remarry?" them get elected. north-east. The Ordovices were conquered by Dai replied, "Sure, I don’t want to spend the rest the Romans in the campaign of AD 77-78. London Sheffield of my life alone". Almost immediately, the Ordovices rebelled against Roman occupation and destroyed a Then Dai's wife asked, "Well would you two live NEWS OF THE WEIRD cavalry squadron. This act of war provoked an in this house?" equally strong response from the Romans who, "Sure," Dai replied, " We've just finished paying In December China joined only a handful of I not only use all the brains I have, according to some historians. exterminated the off the mortgage". countries by strengthening the rights of elderly whole tribe. No other mention of the tribe but all I can borrow. Angrily she asks, "Well would she sleep in this parents to demand support from their adult appears in the historical records, but in view of children - not only financially but now allowing - Woodrow Wilson the mountainous terrain of the lands of the bed?" Dai thought for a little while before saying, "Yes, of course, this bed is brand new lawsuits by parents who feel emotionally Ordovices it is questionable whether Agricola ignored, as well. could have wiped out the entire population. and expensive, there's no reason to get rid of it."

Recent tests of 21 springs in Austria and 18 The Deceangli or Deceangi (Welsh:Tegeingl) She asked irately, "Well would she use my golf fonts in Vienna yielded a conclusion that 86 CLEVER tribe lived mainly in what is now north-east clubs?" Dai replied with a straight, serious face, percent of the holy water in the country's INVENTIONS Wales. The Deceangli appear to have "No. She's left handed." churches was not safe to drink - most surrendered to the Romans with little commonly infected with diarrhoea - causing BANANA GUARD - resistance, unlike the Silures and the Ordovices E.coli and Campylobacter. Protect Your Banana! who put up a long and bitter resistance to Are you fed up with bringing bananas to work or Roman rule. No Roman town is known to have n 2008 the Swiss watchmaker Romain Can miles truly separate you from I school only to find them bruised and squashed? existed in the territory of the Deceangli. Jerome introduced the “Day & Night" watch, friends...If you want to be with Banana Guard allows you to safely transport which unfortunately does not provide a reading The Gangani were a people of ancient Ireland someone you love, aren't you and store individual bananas letting you enjoy of the hour or the minute. Though it retails for perfect bananas anytime, anywhere. from the south-west of the country, probably already there? - Richard Bach about £230,000, it only tells whether it is "day" near the mouth of the River Shannon, There or "night." MY MEMORIES full cream at prices far cheaper than the previously the pair were by Sheila Thomas farmers who are themselves unable to get a fair quite happily swimming price for their products. How sad it has come to around the lake but for this when you consider how hard they have to some unexplained reason Delivery of milk - how it work, whatever the weather, to make a living one had disappeared - maybe flown into a wire has changed over my and under so many rules and regulations set I don’t really know, also more bad news was the lifetime! I can remember down by the government. nest with three eggs on another pond was (Sheila Thomas) when milk was delivered probably victim to a mink attack - so no cygnets This edition celebrates the 12th anniversary of there. by the farmer with his horse and cart in large milk churns. In our case it was 'Jones Penywch' the Bônau Cabbage Patch. Where have all Time to go now so, with all that scorching or his wife Mrs Jones or Lucy, their daughter. THE DODO those years gone? sunshine, remember to have plenty of sun The other farmer delivering in Pwll was 'Jack y On the 20th of February the cream available at home. See you in the Pant'. They turned up at the door every day whole village experienced a autumn. whatever the weather - sun, rain, hail or snow The Dodo is an extinct loud bang similar to a distant carrying large churns, which must have held flightless bird that was explosion. At the time I was two or three gallons of milk, from which hung a endemic to the island of at home and went to the HISTORY OF CHESS long handled measuring ladle. The milk was Mauritius in the Indian front door to see what had measured into the housewife's jug - yes, we Ocean. Its appearance in life is evidenced only caused the noise but The history of chess spans kept our milk in jugs in those days! As the milk by 17th-century paintings and written accounts nothing seemed to be amiss and so I retreated some 1500 years. The settled, the cream would rise to the top - really that vary considerably, so its exact appearance back indoors. However, later that day the loud earliest predecessor of the thick and yummy! is a mystery. bang turned out to be an actual earthquake game probably originated in

Little is certain about its habitat and behaviour. measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale. The India, before the 6th century At school, each child Sub fossil remains show the Dodo was about epicentre was north of Ilfracombe and south of AD. From India, the game spread to Persia. received a small bottle of 1 metre (3.3 feet) tall and may have weighed the Gower at a depth of 3.1 miles at 13.21 When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was milk (about ⅓ pint) free. The 10–18 kg (22–40 lb). GMT. Some residents actually experienced taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently top was thin card with a spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess It is presumed that the Dodo became flightless furniture movement. I hope this does not serrated centre, which could evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th because of the ready availability of abundant become a regular occurrence. be pushed in to allow a century. straw to be poked in. food sources and a relative absence of By now we should be enjoying (These tops had a predators on Mauritius. spells of warm and pleasant In the second half of the 19th century, modern chess tournament play began, and the first secondary use - were washed and used to The first recorded mention of the Dodo was by weather but at the timing of World Chess Championship was held in 1886. make wool pompoms!) In those days, each Dutch sailors in 1598. In the following years, the writing this article (end of April) The 20th century saw great leaps forward in classroom had a coal fire around which stood a bird was preyed upon by hungry sailors, their more fascinating weather chess theory and the establishment of the fireguard. In winter, the crate of bottles of milk domesticated animals, and invasive species predictions have been was placed in front of the fire to thaw out, as the forecasted. Back in March that good old World Chess Federation (FIDE). introduced during that time. milk could be really cold. Boys looked forward newspaper, the Daily Express, have been at it Developments in the 21st century include use The last widely accepted sighting of a Dodo to be chosen as milk monitors as they had the again. According to Vantage Weather Services of computers for analysis, which originated in was in 1662. Its extinction within only about a chance of an extra bottle if there were any left early long-range weather models predict the 1970s with the first programmed chess century of its discovery called attention to the over. scorching temperatures and the country to games on the market. Online gaming appeared previously unrecognised problem of human experience the longest summer since 1910! Soon all milk was being delivered to the in the mid-1990s involvement in the disappearance of entire Britain is set to bask for an amazing 120 days customer in one-pint bottles, which made it far species. of continuous sunshine -some hope! They have easier for the farmer. The Dodo achieved widespread recognition even predicted in the next decade forget going I came to live in Hereford in the late sixties to to Spain as mega heat waves will become the DAI AND THE from its role in Alice in Wonderland , and it has HOSPITAL find that my milk was being delivered in one- become a fixture in popular culture, often as a normality for the UK. But just remember their pint square plastic bags! I was given a blue predictions for last winter - very cold and snowy symbol of extinction and obsolescence. Dai was walking along hard plastic container in which to put the bag of - not a flake of snow and hardly any frost. So milk. I used to tell any visitors who came to stay this time they are really sticking their necks out Pwll Road when he tripped that my milk was posted through the letterbox! It with their long-range forecasts. We will have to over and broke his arm. He cannot have proved to be totally successful to DID YOU KNOW? wait and see but I hope that they get it right this rushes to Prince Philip hospital and entered the the farmer because he reverted to bottles time. main doors where he saw a nurse pulling again. 85% of plant life is found in bunches of flowers from a World War II German the ocean. There have been some strange developments helmet. These days, milk can be bought at the on our great lakes and back in April I was trying Ralph Lauren's original name "Hello is this A & E?" Dai asked. supermarket in 1, 2, 4 or 6 pint plastic to locate the swan’s nest but suddenly realised containers as either skimmed, semi skimmed or was Ralph Lifshitz there was only one swan. A few weeks "No" came the reply, "This is geriatrics!" THE HISTORY OF toothpastes to help prevent decay were SLED OR became available through translation, including TOOTHPASTE introduced in 1914. Toothpastes with very low TOBOGGAN medical texts. abrasiveness were also developed and helped Myddfai was one such centre that flowered as a prevent the problems caused by overzealous Egyptians are believed to A sled is composed of a consequence of this new knowledge. In about have started using a paste to brushing. flat surface with runners 1177 AD the Welsh prince Lord Rhys (1132 – clean their teeth around The most recent advances in toothpastes have or rails attached. The 1197) ruler of the kingdom known as 5000BC, before toothbrushes included the development of whitening surface of the sled is lifted off the snow by the Deheubarth in South Wales was instrumental in were invented. Ancient Greeks toothpastes, and toothpaste containing runners, which glide along the top of the snow. sponsoring the monasteries of Talley and Strata and Romans are known to Triclosan, which provides extra protection Sledding is a popular outdoor sport in many Florida. As the name of the latter – meaning the have used toothpastes, and against caries, gum disease, plaque, calculus snowy countries. For downhill sledding, no “Layers of Flowers” – suggests, these abbeys people in China and India first and bad breath. power is needed because the weight of the sled also flourished as schools and hospitals of used toothpaste around and its rider will pull the sled forward. For flat herbal medicine. 500BC. Toothpastes today typically contain fluoride, ground, some sort of energy is needed, and colouring, flavouring, sweetener, as well as usually provided by livestock. When attached to Rhiwallon being the most able practitioner Ancient toothpastes were used ingredients that make the toothpaste a smooth livestock such as horses, a sled is often became the eminent personal physician to Lord to treat some of the same paste, foam and stay moist . referred to as a sleigh or sledge. Rhys at Dinefwr. Rhiwallon was assisted by his concerns that we have today – (Source: Colgate) three sons, Cadwgan, Griffith and Einon. In keeping teeth and gums clean, whitening teeth A toboggan, or flat sled, is an even surface return, they were rewarded with land around and freshening breath. The ingredients of which is turned up in the front. A traditional Myddfai. ancient toothpastes were however very different EGG or EYE toboggan is made from wood, although other and varied. Ingredients used included a powder substances can be used as well. No runners It is at these monasteries that the Physicians of Myddfai would have acquired a lot of their of ox hooves' ashes and burnt eggshells, that wo different terms for “egg” are fitted onto a toboggan-the toboggan is itself T practical skills of herbal medicine. The was combined with pumice. The Greeks and vied with each other across a giant runner. Toboggans can be dragged Romans favoured more abrasiveness and their across the ground by people, dogs, or other scholasticism of the monks too would have England until the 1500s, when encouraged writing their recipes down. This toothpaste ingredients included crushed bones “egg” won out. The loser? The now livestock, and appear to have originated in and oyster shells. The Romans added more Canada. The term for a toboggan comes from they did, “As a record of their skill lest no one obsolete word “eye,” which was pronounced should be found with the skill they were.” flavouring to help with bad breath, as well as just like the things you are using to read these the Micmac Indians of Canada. powdered charcoal and bark. The Chinese However, as Pughe states, “it is unlikely that words . Toboggans have limited steering ability from the their materia medica came from that era.” Most used a wide variety of substances in deck of the toboggan, although people or toothpastes over time that have included Way back, England faced more invasions than likely it was an accumulation of knowledge from animals harnessed to it can direct it. Sleds can ginseng, herbal mints and salt. there are ways to cook an egg. The Angles, the the preceding centuries of herbal usage by the be steered from inside with the use of cables Saxons, the Jutes and the Normans are some tribes and villages of South Wales. The development of toothpastes in more of the peoples who tried to conquer the island, attached to the runners, which will rotate them (Source: www.myddfai.org) modern times started in the 1800s. Early with varying degrees of success. (It’s probably as desired. Sleds and toboggans come in all versions contained soap and in the 1850s chalk obvious that England derives its name from the sizes, from cheap plastic children's toys to large was included. Betel nut was included in Angles, “land of the Angles.”) Eventually the industrial models designed to move large toothpaste in England in the 1800s, and in the marauders put aside their swords and some fell amounts of heavy equipment and supplies in PWLL OF YESTERDAY – AN 1860s a home encyclopaedia described in love outside of their ancestral groups. northern areas. (Source: WiseGeek) APOLOGY homemade toothpaste that used ground Language has however, a way of preserving charcoal. conflict across generations. In the last issue of the Bônau Cabbage Patch

Prior to the 1850s, 'toothpastes' were usually we printed, on the inside front cover, a Up until the 1500s, residents of the Northern powders. During the 1850s, a new toothpaste in part of England called an egg an “egg,” from photograph of Pwll Cricket Team. The a jar called a Crème Dentifrice was developed Old Norse. But Southerners called the same THE PHYSICIANS annotation listed the names of the persons in and in 1873 Colgate started the mass oval, shelled object an “eye” or “eai” (both OF MYDDFAI the photograph. Due to an error by the editor of production of toothpaste in jars. Colgate rhyming with “guy”), from Old English. Both the magazine we mistakenly listed a person he Physicians of introduced its toothpaste in a tube similar to words started with the same Proto-Germanic T photographed as A N Other. The person modern-day toothpaste tubes in the 1890s. Myddfai were herbalists root, ajja . Even as William the Conqueror pictured was in fact Jeffrey Collins. We offer our Until after 1945, toothpastes contained soap. brought stability to the island, the linguistic in the twelfth century, sincere apologies to Mrs Nancy Collins for this After that time, other ingredients to make the battle of “egg” raged on in a myriad of which was a time of mistake. paste into a smooth paste or emulsion replaced conversations until “egg” became what you influx of new ideas and learning that inspired soap. scramble or boil or fry. and gave momentum to the Gothic era. Contrary to the prevalent view that the medieval In the second half of the twentieth century What about “egg” as a verb? It comes from an times were a time of darkness, it was in fact a The best way to have a good idea is modern toothpastes were developed to help entirely different source, the Old Norse eggja period of immense cultural importance, with the to have lots of ideas. - Linus Pauling prevent or treat specific diseases and meaning “to incite.” first universities being founded and monastic conditions such as tooth sensitivity. Fluoride (Source: Dictionary.com) schools established. A range of new knowledge “TALES FROM THE BORN IN WALES - and events promoting the National Eisteddfod. Dear Sirs, GREAT WAR” - Eleazar Roberts The Eisteddfod is one of the world’s greatest For the 100 th By chance I stumbled on a photograph of the cultural festivals, held during the first week of leazar Roberts (15 Anniversary of the plaque commemorating the correct location of E August every year. The Eisteddfod in Amelia Earhart's landing off the coast of Pwll. January 1825 - 6 April Carmarthenshire will be held on Festival Fields, start of WW1 1912) was a Welsh Millennium Coastal Park, Llanelli from 1-9 My father, Idris Rees (now deceased), was musician, translator, writer there at the time. He was 10 years old and a August, with the town’s new theatre, Y Ffwrnes, and amateur astronomer. and we hope to welcome around 150,000 A few years ago American reader Rachel very strong swimmer - he swam out to the Roberts family moved to Liverpool in England plane and he tells me he was the first person to visitors to the area for a wonderful week to Jeffreys produced a half-hour radio show about while he was an infant, but despite this he celebrate the Welsh language and the culture of her grandfather, Llanelli native Tom Jeffreys, speak with her. Ms Earhart wanted to know retained a strong link to his country of birth and what part of Ireland this was! He told me that Wales. and his life during the war as a sailor in the was a fluent Welsh speaker. He wrote for Royal Navy. She recorded him in the 1980s, there had been a long-standing "dispute" several Welsh journals and travelled Wales During the months leading up to the festival and you can hear the show via this link: between Pwll and Burry Port about where a setting up music classes. He is most notable for itself, the whole area will be buzzing with commemoration should be. I am so pleased to activities and events as Carmarthenshire https://soundcloud.com/racheljnow/tales-from- pioneering the tonic sol-fa method of sight- see that there is a plaque in the "right place" as singing in Wales, which in turn led to the prepared to host the Eisteddfod. the-great-war regards touching down even if she did actually strengthening of the practice of congregational step foot on soil at Burry Port. Many thanks to A transcript of it was published a few years ago singing. here in the Bônau Cabbage Patch. whoever made this happen. Roberts was born in Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire DAI AND THE American public radio directors have called in 1825 to John and Margaret Roberts, but only THREE TALES FROM THE GREAT WAR “A If possible, please, can anyone tell me where a two months after his birth, the family moved to BLONDES wonderful, wonderful piece… filled with building (or possibly and area) known as either Liverpool. He grew up in Liverpool and was honesty, character, and humour…. It blends the penner bank or, probably pen y banc used to educated at several schools in the town talents of two natural storytellers, Tom Jeffreys be. I've been unable to track it down online (I including the Liverpool Institute High School for Dai was having a drink in The Colliers’ Arms and his granddaughter Rachel.” live in Sheffield). It was my father's first home. Boys. At the age of 13 he found work in a one Saturday evening. He leans over to the Tom Jeffreys grew up at 118 Old Castle Rd. Many thanks solicitor's office. In 1853 he became a full woman next to him and says: "Do you want to and went to Copperworks School. He Paul Rees member of staff in the office of the clerk to the hear a funny blonde joke?" (If anyone can help Paul please get in touch with us and emigrated to the US in 1920, but always Liverpool magistrates before reaching the we will pass the information on to Paul). The woman replies: "Well, before you tell me remained a Welshman at heart. He made position of chief assistant to the clerk to the that joke, you should know something. I'm many trips back to Llanelli, especially to see stipendiary magistrate. He retained the role of blond, six feet tall, 15 stone, and I'm a rugby games in Stradey Park. chief assistant until his retirement in 1894, and the following year he was made a justice of the professional tri-athlete and bodybuilder. Also, peace. He died in 1912 and was buried at the blond woman sitting next to me is 6'2, WYNNE’S EASTER QUIZ Anfield Cemetery. weighs 16 stone, and she is an ex-professional wrestler. And next to her is a blond who is 6'5, Ever stop to think . . . and forget weighs 17 stone, and she's a current to start again? This year’s Easter, and The Dai Mawr professional kick boxer”. Memorial Cup, quiz was held on Easter Sunday NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD 2014 - “Now, do you still want to tell that blond joke?" and was very well attended. The total raised LETTERS TO THE was £123! LLANELLI Dai thinks about it for a second and says: "No, Llanelli plays host to the EDITOR A big thank you goes to not if I'm going to explain it three times." 2014 National Eisteddfod, Wynne for, once again, held in Carmarthenshire organising a brilliant for the first time since quiz. Thanks as well to I’m enclosing an article you 2000. Richard and Sarah for might be interested in including in your Bônau an excellent buffet. The Eisteddfod festival is NEWS OF THE WEIRD Cabbage Patch magazine. I have such fond Finally, a big thanks to the highlight of a two-year memories of Pwll and am kept up to date by my you, for attended the quiz and contributed to community project, friend Enid Johnston. making it such an enjoyable evening. described as Wales’ When a 62-year-old man arrived at an

I enclose a donation towards the printing cost. leading mobile emergency room with deep vein thrombosis, The winning team – The Hotshots – donated regeneration scheme, Yours faithfully AngioVac lines were inserted in the leg and the money to the Burry Port R.N.L.I. which brings together neck, attached to a common vacuum cleaner Sheila Thomas th (Thank you Sheila for your donation and contribution. The Wynne’s next quiz is on Sunday 25 May people from across the and a 24-inch-long blood clot sucked out. The article is published on page nine of this edition -Ed). (8:30pm) at The Colliers’ Arms, Pwll county to take part in a patient was back home and full of energy a wide range of activities week later.

It is hoped the event will encourage children to Cathedral, to name but a few. But historically, Get a help others and feed their imaginations through prior to the establishment of current building regulations, houses and indeed many ancient storytelling and creative activities. The staff on the Dragon Bus wish to thank all those that churches, were often built, using outcrops of "Wiggle took part in the event and truly wish they As I prepared to write rock or large boulders as part of the foundation. enjoyed the event. my piece for the Spring In many of our oldest stone churches and on" edition of the Bônau monastic chapels’ one can often see such (Article by Anne Messer) Cabbage Patch, back in evidence in the form of a huge boulder the middle of January, underpinning the walls at one corner, around (A fundraising event for Action for Children) we were about to which the whole building stands. commence some major Children in Pwll took part in the first ever re-ordering work at Holy Trinity Church, which I Perhaps that is the image that St Peter was had hoped we would see completed by the time Giant Wiggle fundraiser for a national endeavouring to convey when he quoted in his that the Summer edition of the magazine would first letter to the early Christians from the children's charity Action for be printed. Children/Gweithredu dros Plant. The event took prophet Isaiah: ‘See, I lay a stone in Zion, a place in Pwll Park on 19th March with similar However as with many things in life, all was not chosen precious cornerstone, and the one who events across the UK on 20th March — The exactly as it appeared, due to the site levels, trusts in him will never be put to shame.’ As you Very Hungry Caterpillar Day. The day marked and the possibilities of historic mining works come to Him, the living stone-rejected by men both the start of the 45th anniversary within the vicinity, we were required to invest but chosen by God and precious to him-you celebration of Eric Carle's beloved book and the considerably more time and of course money, also, like living stones, are being built into a charity's 145th year. into re-enforcing the foundations for the kitchen spiritual house to be a holy priesthood……… a CAPEL BETHLEHEM CHAPEL extension and the bank retaining wall, causing people belonging to God, that you may declare The event was held on the Dragon Bus which has ell, a wet and windy winter has passed at last and us considerable concern over how much of our the praises of him who called you out of been visiting Pwll Park every Wednesday since W we can all look forward to the warmer days. Let us hope available money was being eaten up on laying darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:4- January and up until September. Parents and and pray that we may enjoy some sunshine. those foundations. However, as we all know, 10) their children who attend the Dragon Bus and buildings depend on good foundations, one also the children in the Foundation Phase and Our Easter Service was a real blessing as usual. It was Of course those praises which we are to conducted by the Rev Heini Jones. We give him our starts by clearing the ground, then digging staff of Pwll School visited the Bus to take part declare are of none other than those of our Lord thanks, especially as he is one of Bethlehem’s children. holes in it, filling them with concrete to form a in the story 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. The level surface, to then lay foundation blocks, and Saviour Jesus Christ, praises that are so Easter is the most significant event in the Christian story sessions were very interactive and there eventually arriving back, seemingly close to the wonderfully expressed in a favourite hymn of were plenty of props including a very big furry calendar. Hopefully, everyone is aware of the reasons mine written by Edward Mote in the early why Easter is so important. level that you started from. To all intense and 1800s: caterpillar. In preparation for the story session purposes it appears to be almost exactly the the children had decorated their caterpillar and Shortly, another landmark in our Christian faith will be same as before, only now we have a firm, solid My hope is built on nothing less butterfly masks. The children, parents and reached at Whitsun. foundation on which to build. A foundation than Jesus' blood and righteousness. staff walked along a course wiggling as they Of course, all our services are open for anyone to which will have been designed to carry the I dare not trust the sweetest frame, followed the trail. attend. various loads that the building will be subjected but wholly trust in Jesus' name. Several of our faithful members have reached or will to, a foundation which will ensure that the walls On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other reach a remarkable birthday this year ie 90 years of do not collapse, that they stand true and age. Pob bendith i chi gyd. ground is sinking sand; all other ground is vertical, in short, a foundation which will enable It is with great pleasure that we heard from Pwll School sinking sand. the building to fulfil its function and purpose. of the purchase of a much needed replacement piano. When darkness seems to hide his face, A £700 donation from Bethlehem Chapel Sisterhood On the other side of the coin, as it were, are the I rest on his unchanging grace. was used towards this essential item of school disaster stories about which one hears where In every high and stormy gale, equipment. The money was raised from events which buildings collapse or walls develop huge took place throughout 2013. my anchor holds within the veil. cracks, requiring substantial remedial work to As the summer holiday period approaches the shore up or underpin them. There are of course His oath, his covenant, his blood, members of Bethlehem Chapel wish you every those examples that still stand for posterity support me in the whelming flood. blessing. where buildings were constructed on When all around my soul gives way, Pob hwyl! foundations that were not up to the job, the he then is all my hope and stay. leaning tower of Pisa, and our own St David’s On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other SPAMMING ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand. A sketch from the BBC's Monty Python's When he shall come with trumpet sound, Flying Circus is easily oh may I then in him be found. found on YouTube, Dressed in his righteousness alone, but it’s based in a faultless to stand before the throne. cafe where most dishes contains spam, On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other with most items containing several portions – ground is sinking sand; all other ground is viz “…egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; sinking sand. egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam Perhaps the challenge for us all in life is to bacon and spam…” as the waitress reads out examine where our own foundations lie, to dig the menu, a group of Vikings sitting at another table start chanting “spam, spam, spam, spam.” beneath the surface, to examine what underpins our life, are we standing firm on As luck would have it, the Spam sketch was Christ the solid rock, or are our feet on sinking broadcast a few years before the early days of sand? Perhaps, the measure that we should online networking, which was carried out over dial-up phone connections running at 1200, or use should be those words of Jesus as even 300 characters per second, it was a recorded in the St Luke’s Gospel: ‘Why do you widespread joke to send the word “Spam” call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? repeatedly so that the receiver’s screen would I will show you what he is like who comes to me be covered in Spam – this hilarious activity was and hears my words and puts them into known as “spamming.” practice. He is like a man building a house, who Now the etymology becomes a little blurred, dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. because in the 1980s, companies that carried When the flood came, the torrent struck that out the vital work of bulk posting unsolicited house but could not shake it, because it was adverts referred to their material as SPAM – an acronym for “Sales, Promotion And Marketing.” well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man As the Internet became widespread, the two who built his house on the ground without a terms seemed to have merged into the single foundation. The moment the torrent struck that meaning of junk emails clogging up mail boxes, but when I see the term, I still think of Terry house, it collapsed and its destruction was Jones in a dress saying as an aside, “bloody complete.’ (Luke 6: 46-49) Vikings!” when the Spam chant becomes

It is only in Christ Jesus, in his blood and overwhelming. righteousness, in his unchanging grace, his oath, his covenant that we can have a DID YOU KNOW foundation which has been designed to carry the various loads that we will be subjected to, a foundation which will ensure that the walls do Sixty cows can produce a ton not collapse, that they will stand vertical, of milk a day. indeed, a foundation which will enable us, to fulfil the function and purpose to which we have Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room been called. temperature. Yours in Christ,

Michael. The only wood used by cabinet maker - Priest in Charge of the Parish Thomas Chippendale was mahogany. of Burry Port with Pwll.

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The 23 rd August Pontyberem H Diolch yn fawr. alarm fails to go off, you start the day in a rush, th Reserve Division 3A P W D L GD Pts 30 August Margam A your computer crashes and you loose data, The draw will take place on Thursday 19th June Pwll 16 10 2 4 15 32 everything seems against you. Next time spare 2014. Please buy as many raffle tickets as you Gorseinon 17 11 1 5 10 29 a thought for the family and friends of the five can comfortably afford. Division Three – Second XI Loughor A 17 9 1 7 16 26 British Service Personnel who lost their lives in the Lynx helicopter crash in Afghanistan on 3 rd May Pontardawe A Seaside A 16 9 0 7 16 22 Saturday April 26th along with all the other 10 th May Britton Ferry Town H Wellfield 17 9 1 7 21 20 Service Personnel who have lost their lives 17 th May Morriston A Ponthenri 17 5 3 9 28 10 serving for their country. 24 th May Cimla H Dafen A 15 3 3 9 28 10 st Why you may ask? On that day my nephew 31 May Merthyr Tydfil A 07 th June Drefach H TRY AND MAKE SENSE OF IT! was due to fly out of Kandahar after his 2nd th Tour of Duty there with the Royal Navy. We sat 14 June Baglan A 21 st June Pontyberem H PAPER ELEPHANT in silence for hours on end waiting for news he th was safe, whilst at the same time thinking of 28 June Margam A Wanadoo: Wireless and Talk terms and th those who had lost their lives in what appears 5 July Pantardawe H Switzerland-based origami conditions: - 12 th July Britton Ferry Town A artist Sipho Mabona has to be a tragic accident. Every member of our th “The failure to exercise or delay in exercising a 19 July Morriston H created a life-sized elephant family, and I am sure families of all the other th right or remedy under this Agreement shall not 26 July Cimla A from just one sheet of paper Service Personnel serving there must have felt nd constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or a 2 August Merthyr Tydfil H measuring 15 by 15 metres. the same. Fortunately Andrew had flown out th waiver of any other rights or remedies and no 9 August Drefach A The project was financed safely and was on his way home to his family in th single or partial exercise of any right or remedy 16 August Baglan H through Internet-crowd funding site Indiegogo Llanelli. rd under this Agreement shall prevent any further 23 August Pontyberem A where he raised over $26,000 from 631 th exercise of the right or remedy or the exercise What it does do is makes you realise, when you 30 August Margam H funders. put things into perspective, how precious life is of any other right or remedy. The rights and A web cam was installed that allowed people to remedies contained in this Agreement are and everything else is irrelevant, even if you are having a bad day. watch the massive elephant take shape. The cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or elephant, which stands more than 3 meters tall, remedies provided by law”. A love will tell you they love you took a team of nearly a dozen people over four weeks to create. Mabona had originally endlessly. A true love will tell Research is what I'm doing when I everyone else they love you endlessly expected the attempt to take three to four people. The work is now on display in the Central Manchester and Manchester don't know what I'm doing. despite the embarrassment factor. Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust: - museum KKLB in Beromünster, Switzerland. (Source: Amusing Planet) "Where the combined value of the above WORLD WAR 1 towards France, leading Britain to declare war GORSEDD handed over to secure a treaty, promise, or on Germany. After the German march on Paris STONE obligation. orld War I (WWI or was halted, what became known as the W Ancient Romans were well-known hostage- Western Front settled into a battle of attrition, WW1), also known as Gorsedd Stones takers. They often took as hostages sons of with a trench line that would change little until the First World War, (Cerrig yr Orsedd ) princes. The Romans would keep these royal 1917. Meanwhile, on the Eastern Front, the was a global war are groups of men in Rome in exchange for the loyalty of a Russian army was successful against the centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 standing stones conquered nation. The young hostage would Austro-Hungarians, but was stopped in its and lasted until 11 November 1918. From the constructed for the National Eisteddfod of also receive a Roman education. It was hoped invasion of East Prussia by the Germans. In time of its occurrence until the approach of Wales. They form an integral part of the druidic that if the man returned to his country and November 1914, the Ottoman Empire joined the World War II, it was called simply the World Gorsedd ceremonies of the Eisteddfod. The assumed a leadership role, he would be war, opening fronts in the Caucasus, War or the Great War, and thereafter the First stones can be found as commemorative influenced by the ideas and beliefs held by World War or World War I. In America, it was Mesopotamia and the Sinai. Italy and Bulgaria structures throughout Wales and are the Roman civilization. initially called the European War. More than went to war in 1915, Romania in 1916, and the hallmark of the National Eisteddfod having 9 million combatants were killed; a casualty rate United States in 1917. visited a community. Securing a treaty by taking hostages is no

longer practiced by civilized states. Hostages exacerbated by the belligerents' technological The war approached a resolution after the Each stone structure is arranged in a circular are now taken by force and used as a and industrial sophistication, and tactical Russian government collapsed in March, 1917, formation typically consisting of twelve stone bargaining tool for the fulfillment of certain stalemate. It was one of the deadliest conflicts and a subsequent revolution in November pillars, sometimes from the local area and conditions or promises, or exchange of money in history, paving the way for major political brought the Russians to terms with the Central changes, including revolutions in many of the sometimes, the stones have been brought in to or goods. Powers. On November 4, 1918, the Austro- represent the Welsh counties, such as at nations involved. Often hostages are taken when a vehicle, Hungarian empire agreed to an armistice. After Aberystwyth. A large, flat-topped stone, known The war drew in all the world's economic great a 1918 German offensive along the western as the Logan Stone, lies at the centre of the aircraft, or ship is hijacked. The origin of hijack powers, which were assembled in two opposing front, the Allies drove back the Germans in a circle and serves as a platform. dates to 1923. It is a shortened version of the alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple series of successful offensives and began expression highway jacker, a thief who held up Entente of the United Kingdom, France and the entering the trenches. Germany, which had its As well as commemorating the National a bootlegger or smuggler in transit. Russian Empire) and the Central Powers of own trouble with revolutionaries, agreed to an Eisteddfod, the Gorsedd Stones continue to (Source: Dictionary.com) Germany and Austria-Hungary. Although Italy armistice on 11 November 1918, ending the war provide an important ceremonial venue for the had also been a member of the Triple Alliance in victory for the Allies. proclamation of future National Eisteddfodau alongside Germany and Austria-Hungary, it did which according to tradition must be completed not join the Central Powers, as Austria-Hungary one year and one day prior to its official NEWS OF THE WEIRD had taken the offensive against the terms of the Look to the past, the present and opening. The ceremony is conducted by the Archdruid of the Gorsedd of Bards who formally alliance. These alliances were both reorganised the future. Police in Hamburg have charged a 33-year- and expanded as more nations entered the war: announces the particulars of the proposed old man with 96 burglaries based on the "ear Italy, Japan and the United States joined the venue. During the proceedings the Archdruid prints" he left at each scene when he leaned Allies, and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria DAI AND THE GOAT stands upon the Logan Stone, facing him, to the against a front door to detect whether anyone the Central Powers. Ultimately, more than east cardinal point, is the Stone of the was home. DNA and fingerprints were also 70 million military personnel, including 60 Dai and his mate were out hiking when they Covenant where the Herald Bard stands, and collected, said a police source, but "ear prints million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the came upon an old, abandoned mineshaft. behind this are the Portal Stones that are are of similar value as fingerprints in terms of largest wars in history. Curious about its depth they threw in a pebble guarded by Eisteddfod officials. The portal and waited for the sound of it striking the stone to the right of the entrance points to evidence." Although a resurgence of imperialism was an bottom, but they heard nothing. They went and midsummer sunrise, while that to the left Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare underlying cause, the immediate trigger for war got a bigger rock, threw it in and waited. Still indicates the midwinter sunrise. announced in April that it would begin a national was the June 28, 1914 assassination of nothing. They searched the area for something inquiry over the alarming number of bathtub Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to larger and came upon a railway sleeper. With deaths in 2011 - nearly three times the number the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav great difficulty, Dai and his mate carried it to the of those killed in traffic accidents. News reports nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. This set opening and threw it in. While waiting for it to hit pointed out that many Japanese workers relax off a diplomatic crisis when Austria-Hungary HOSTAGE bottom, a goat suddenly darted between them in tubs at the end of the day, even when they delivered an ultimatum to the Kingdom of and leapt into the hole! ostage comes have over-imbibed and are vulnerable to Serbia, and international alliances formed over H drowning. the previous decades were invoked. Within Dai and his mate were still standing there with from the Old French weeks, the major powers were at war and the astonished looks upon their faces from the meaning a “person conflict soon spread around the world. actions of the goat when a man walked up to given as security.” them. He asked them if they had seen a goat This ancient He who wishes to talk well must first On July 28, the Austro-Hungarians fired the first anywhere in the area and Dai said that one had practice was a think well. (Origin unknown) shots in preparation for the invasion of Serbia. just jumped into the mineshaft in front of them! negotiation tactic used by nations and rival As Russia mobilised, Germany invaded neutral The man replied, "Oh no. That couldn't be my factions for thousands of years. A hostage was T Belgium and Luxembourg before moving goat, mine was tied to a railway sleeper." often an elite member of society who was IT’S JUST A JOB Dalmatians have a strong hunting instinct and are an excellent exterminator of rats and vermin. In sporting, they have been used as A list of names for bird dogs, trail hounds, retrievers, or in packs PWLL OF YESTERYEAR jobs or professions for boar or stag hunting. Their dramatic markings and intelligence have made them that are no longer common occupations. successful circus dogs throughout the years.

Often these job titles Dalmatians are perhaps best known for their are incorporated into role as fire-fighting apparatus escorts and the root of people's firehouse mascots. Since Dalmatians and surnames and form a horses are very compatible, the dogs were useful guide to help easily trained to run in front of the carriages to trace ancestry. help clear a path and quickly guide the horses Faber Artisan and firefighters to the fires. Dalmatians are Farrier Blacksmith often considered to make good watchdogs, and Faulkner Falconer they may have been useful by fire brigades as Fletcher Arrow maker guard dogs to protect a firehouse and its Fowler Bird hunter equipment. Fire engines used to be drawn by Fuller Cloth goods cleaner fast and powerful horses, a tempting target for thieves, so Dalmatians were kept in the Gaoler Jailer Granger Farmer firehouse as deterrence to theft.

Hacker Maker of hoes or a The Dalmatian is also known as Carriage Dog, woodcutter Spotted Coach Dog, Firehouse Dog, Plum Harper Minstrel Pudding Dog. Haymonger Dealer in hay Hayward Fence inspector Hillier Roof tiler LEPRECHAUN Hind Farm labourer Hooker Reaper Hooper Barrel hoop maker A leprechaun ( lep' rah kahn) Hostler Horse groom is a mythical Irish elf or faerie Jagger Fish peddler that occupies a realm which Keeler Bargeman lies somewhere between the physical and spirit Kempster Wool comber world. There are no female leprechauns noted Lavender Washer woman in folklore, begging an obvious question. Then Lederer Leather maker again, faeries don't follow the same rules as Marshall Horse doctor humankind. The leprechaun is said to love his Mercer Cloth merchant pipe, his drink and his solitude, but on occasion he can become social, and when this happens he loves to dance and engage in antics.

A leprechaun is a small man less than 24

DALMATIANS inches (610 mm) in height with thick, wiry red hair that is mostly hidden under a three- The roles of this cornered hat. He has pointed ears, large bushy ancient breed are as sideburns or a full curly beard, sparkling green varied as their eyes, and fair skin with rosy cheeks and nose. reputed ancestors. His clothes are mostly green but might include They were used as dogs of war, guarding the a leather work apron. All leprechauns wear shiny black leather shoes with silver buckles, as borders of Dalmatia. To this day, the breed retains a high guarding instinct; although they are excellent cobblers, a reputation and trade in which they take great pride. It is said friendly and loyal to those the dog knows and trusts, it is often aloof with strangers and they make shoes for many sprites in the faerie . unknown dogs. world (Source; WiseGeek) CAPEL May, 2014. As usual members of the three DID YOU KNOW? contend that burial took place in the Talley LIBANUS places of worship and villagers took part. The Abbey Churchyard: Bi-lingual Service was well attended and thank CHAPEL It is believed that about one hundred and you for supporting the Traidcraft stall selling seventy of his poems have survived, though free trade goods, and the plant stall, at the end Carrots are orange for many others have been attributed to him over Oedfaon y Sul am of the service. We would like to thank Pwll W.I. entirely political reasons: in the centuries. His main themes were love and 10 o'r gloch y bore for their kind invitation to hold a stall at their the 17th century, Dutch growers are thought to nature. The influence of wider European ideas ag Ysgol Sul y plant Summer Fayre. Proceeds of the White have cultivated orange carrots as a tribute to of courtly love, as exemplified in the troubadour yn ystod yr Oedfa. Elephant Stall and the collection during William of Orange – who led the struggle for poetry of Provençal, is seen as a significant Un Oedfa Gymun y Christian Aid week will be announced in the Dutch independence – and the colour stuck. A influence on Dafydd's poetry. mis a'r Suliau yn amrywio. next edition. Thank you for your generous thousand years of yellow, white and purple He was an innovative poet who was Eleni roedd Oedfa Undebol Wythnos Cymorth donations and for being prepared to add Gift carrot history, was wiped out in a generation. Cristnogol yn Libanus ar 12fed o Fai. Bu Aid to your contributions to help the needy of responsible for popularising the metre known as aelodau'r dair Eglwys yn cymryd rhan ac ar the world. If you would like to help or need In 2000, an Oklahoma schoolgirl was the "cywydd" and first to use it for praise. But ddiwedd yr oedfa roedd stondyn yn gwerthu further information on the work of Christian Aid suspending for casting a spell on her teacher, perhaps his greatest innovation was to make nwyddau Masnach Deg a phlanhigion yn y the contact numbers are 01554 772441 or which allegedly made him ill and caused him to himself the main focus of his poetry. By its very Festri. Hefyd ar y 14 Mai cawsom y cyfle i fynd 01554 758023 be hospitised. nature, most of the work of the traditional Welsh a stondyn a nwyddau “White Elephant” i Ffair court poets kept their own personalities far from Haf Sefydliad y Merched. Diolch yn fawr yddynt The symbols used to censor swear words their poetry. Dafydd's work is full of his own am y wahoddiad. Hyn yn gyfle arall i ni godi (such as @!&*%) are called grawlixes. feelings and experiences. His main theme is arian i helpu pobl llawer llai ffodus na ni. love, and many of his poems are addressed to Eleven percent of people are left handed women, but particularly to two of them, Morfudd Cawsom Gwrdd Plant abennig eto dan ROMANIAN AID arweiniad Cathryn a bydd un arall cyn gwyliau'r and Dyddgu. He is also recognised as very fine FOUNDATION August has the highest percentage of births nature poet. haf. Diolch i'r plant am eu gwaith. Bydd parti arbennig i'r plant wedi'r oedfa ar 22 Mehefin (SOUTH WALES) (Source: Wikipedia) Unless food is mixed with saliva you can't wedi ei roi gan Mrs Nathalie Lewis (bydd yn taste it dathlu ei phenblwydd yn 99 mlwydd oed diwedd The last lorry left at the y mis) a chwpand o de a theisen i bawb fydd yn end of March and we If you reveal your secrets to the yr oedfa. Edrychwn ymlaen a diolch iddi were able to include wind you should not blame the wind ymlaenllaw. Roedd Cyfarfod Blynyddol shoes, bedding and toys. 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Mae'r teulu yn mynd i fyw of Europe in the Middle Ages. work wearing a little black dress and a red wig i Gernyw a dymunwn bob hapuswrydd yddynt Tradition has it that he was born at Brogynin, and declaring that he had begun hormone yn eu cartref newydd. MONTE CRISTO Penrhyn-coch (at the time Llanbadarn Fawr therapy and wanted to be called Dawn Ennis. Da yw gweld rhai o'n haelodau sydd wedi bod The island of Monte Cristo is one of the seven parish), Ceredigion. His father, Gwilym Gam, yn dost yn nol yn ein plith a chofiwn am yr and mother, Ardudfyl, were both from noble The 14 guests at a jewellery party in Florida islands that make up the Tuscan Archipelago in aelodau sy'n methu mynychu'r oedfaon fel yr families. As one of noble birth it seems Dafydd were initially incredulous that burglar Derek the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 60 km from the coast oeddynt cynt ac yn gweld eisiau'r gymdeithas. did not belong to the guild of professional poets Lee, 24, meant to rob them. When they saw of Italy. Made famous by Alexandre Dumas’ Rydym yn cofio amdanoch yn rheolaidd. in medieval Wales, and yet the poetic tradition that he was serious (by putting his gun to the classic novel of betrayal and revenge - “ The had been strong in his family for generations. head of one woman), the hostess went into Count of Monte Cristo ”, the uninhabited island action. "In the name of Jesus," she shouted, is shrouded with mysteries and numerous According to R. Geraint Gruffydd he died in CYMORTH "get out of my house now!" Then the guests legends. Until very recently, Monet Cristo 1350, a possible victim of the Black Death. chanted in unison, "Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!" over CHRISTNOGOL / remained strictly off-limits to tourists after it was Tradition says that he was buried within the and over. Lee, frightened or bewildered, CHRISTIAN AID. declared a nature reserve more than 40 years precinct of the Cistercian Strata Florida Abbey, sprinted out the door empty-handed and was

ago. Today, only a thousand tourists are Ceredigion. This burial location is disputed by later arrested. The United Service for Christian Aid was held allowed to visit the island each year under a supporters of the Talley Abbey theory who th tightly-controlled permit system. in Libanus Chapel this year on Monday, 12 (Source: Amusing Planet)

OUR FUTURE YEARS - or the period 3. The mad craze for pleasure and sports We as Christians are called to serve in this essential part of church life. We have quite a in which we live. becoming every year more exciting and brutal. present age despite the indifference and evil of number at Greenfield Church and I believe by Douglas Arthur Jones 4. The building of huge armaments when the the age. It is when we fulfil our calling and that they should be encouraged to discover real enemy was within - the decadence of the duties as members of the church we can and as much in the reality of faith as they do in people. will make a difference! modern technology. Seeing that Christianity 5. The decay in religion, faith fading into more As far as one can see into the future, change We cannot at the same time, ignore what is is not only part of tradition but an exciting form and losing touch with life and becoming is going to be the one permanent element in our happening around us, in our own local and dynamic adventure. They should see lives. Either we shall see it as threatening or sterile to guide the people. authorities and in the country generally. There that to be a Christian is not an old and tired chaotic, or as hopeful and creative. There is a What of our generation? have always been ebb and flow in the tradition but completely the opposite always French proverb which says " The more things movements of the church and there are Values are undoubtedly changing, beauty is a new and exciting adventure. change the more they stay the same". There weaknesses within us as well as without. We glamour, love is more often displayed as no will always be those who sing the praises of the are at times so imperfect and yet even through And also we must take time to think. We are so more than physical attraction, might is right, 'good old days', but it is equally true that the our imperfections God can work as he has done busy at times that they have no time to think vice is news, fame means easy cheap publicity basic requirements of the human association is in every generation. how we are living. No business could ever precisely the same today as many years ago. In and headlines in the press. Today, we live in a survive if sometimes it did not take stock and one generation, there may be emphasis, in world of illusions, of false values, and how The hope of the world is the Christian church in the whole purpose and policy behind it. Time to another a lesser, or more pronounced difficult it is for the young people growing in our which is people like ourselves seek to serve as think is essential to life. We must always take emphasis, but the basics do not change. midst. We ask the question as to what do they best we can and even though we will have our time to pray. The tragedy of life is that so often learn from the mass sources of communication problems by God's grace we can meet them in many are trying to live life without contact with As an example of this the following is an extract to which they are widely exposed? More often the strength of our faith. In our own little area God. This is the age of the nervous breakdowns from a sermon, and I quote - " The world is than not they learn that money is the chief thing never let us never believe that the CHURCH and the figures are frightening. We live in a passing through troublesome times; the that is necessary for happiness and that the was ONCE a great institution having fallen on worried age and many of these things are due younger people of today think nothing of pleasure and desires of the moment are all evil days. It is true that all over England and to no other cause than men and women have themselves. They have no reverence for the important. Taking responsibility is often Wales there are to be found derelict buildings lost contact with those things of eternal worth parents or old age. They are impartial of all something to be avoided and to be passed on - where people once worshipped; some are in and with the very person of God. restraints. They talk as if they know everything, often to the welfare state or to 'they' or whoever ruin, others are being used for some alternative and what passes as wisdom with us, is 'they' may be. It would seem that we live in an purposes, many in disrepair, shabby and foolishness with them. As for the girls they are age that has lost its faith, but may I say that that unkempt, doors unpainted, grass uncut, A time for every purpose forward and immodest and unladylike in is one side of the coin and therein lies our hope! windows broken. Never forget however that in speech, behaviour and dress." some of these places God's people still meet. The other side is the Christian Church! Who would have thought that that sermon was They sometimes feel that they cannot cope, but preached by Peter the Hermit in 1074, 938 The most amazing fact in history is the these church buildings are their church homes years ago! It struck me that things have not unbroken witness of the Christian church and they keep a faithful witness. Sadly there changed that much. The good preacher died in through trials and tribulations over a period of are no young people to take their place and 1115. over two thousand years. There has been and many outside the church see these people as will be, as we are told in Scripture, continual having had a noble past, a struggling present Another example is hostility against the church, but it will prevail for with no future. They forget God is in the work some words by a all time as it is of God. The church will always and his mission will not fail!

person called The great certainty is that the church will Edward Gibbon again see spiritual prosperity in our land. We (1737-1794). In 1787 have been looking at it in the local context, And there are times when we must take time to he completed his but we need to remember that there are talk and also to relax and even to do nothing at book ' The decline more committed Christians actively engaged all. One of the strange things of modern life is and fall of the that good talk and stimulating discussion in the building up of the Kingdom of God and Roman Empire' in shared is almost a thing of the past and instead which he listed the working under impossible conditions and we have a silent session in front of the TV set following reasons for difficulties that at any time in history. And for during which even a whisper is hushed into that fall:- ourselves, what should we be doing in these silence. I mentioned previously that there is a difficult days? We can, by our actions be time to do nothing at all - time for complete 1. The rapid increase in divorce, the have its saints and its prophets and has them channels of God's purpose, and partly by our undermining of the dignity and sanctity of the relaxation, for a deliberate letting go of the today. In my opinion we cannot say that ours is prayers be the means by which God can use tensions of life, for wise idleness and for a home, which is the basis of human society. one of the great ages of the church but we can 2. Higher and higher taxes and the spending of us where we are, enabled in the power of restful interlude. Many a person's mental and say most definitely. A challenging period ... Yes! prayer and service to fulfil God's purposes in physical troubles could be eased, and possibly public money for free bread and circuses for the A Hopeful future ... Yes! A hopeful outlook ... populous. our lives. And those of us who are older must ended, if only he or she would persuade always yes! themselves to take time to relax and do nothing. pto tolerate the young people who are an The Bible is full of advice to do this very thing. ESPERANTO Q. What is colic? In Exodus 14:13 we read, "Stand still" said A. A reminder for new parents to use birth Moses to the people scurrying around in their control terror, "and see the salvation of the Lord", and Esperanto was created in Mark Chapter 6 verse 31 we read , "Let us go in the late 1870s and Pregnancy Questions Q. My husband and I are very attractive. I’m off by ourselves to some place where we will be early 1880s by Dr. Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, & Answers: sure our baby will be beautiful enough for alone and you can rest awhile". an ophthalmologist of mixed cultural heritage commercials. Whom should I contact about Here is a Q & A for those who are curious this? And so I close with these few words. No from Białystok, then part of the Russian Empire. According to Zamenhof, he created this about some aspects of pregnancy A. Your therapist. Christian has a right to be a pessimist. Optimism in all circumstances is the key to the language to foster harmony between people Q. How will I know if my vomiting is morning Q: Should I have a baby after 35? Christian faith and its joy a permanent reward from different countries. sickness or the flu? A: No, 35 children is enough. through all the changing scenes of life. After some ten years of development, which A. If it’s the flu, you’ll get better.

Zamenhof spent translating literature into Q: I’m two months pregnant now. When will my ------Esperanto as well as writing original prose and Q. The more pregnant I get, the more often baby move? strangers smile at me. Why? verse, the first book of Esperanto grammar was A: With any luck, right after he finishes Now in his 98th A. Because you’re fatter then they are. published in Warsaw in July 1887. The number university. year, Mr Douglas of speakers grew rapidly over the next few Q. What’s the difference between a nine- Jones has been a decades, at first primarily in the Russian Empire Q: What is the most reliable method to months pregnant woman and a Playboy faithful member of and Central Europe, then in other parts of determine a baby’s sex? centerfold? Greenfield Church Europe, the Americas, China, and Japan. In the A: Childbirth. A. Nothing, if the pregnant woman’s husband for many years. He early years, speakers of Esperanto kept in Q: My childbirth instructor says it’s not pain I’ll knows what’s good for him. was born in contact primarily through correspondence and Catherine Street, periodicals, but in 1905 the first world congress feel during labour, but pressure. Is she right? Q. Does labour cause hemorrhoids? Seaside, Llanelly, of Esperanto speakers was held in Boulogne- A: Yes, in the same way that a tornado might A. Labour causes anything you want to blame it and has close be called an air current. sur-Mer, France. Since then world congresses for. connections with have been held in different countries every Q: When is the best time to get an epidural? Q. Where is the best place to store breast milk? the Church at year, except during the two World Wars. Since A: Right after you find out you’re pregnant. Bethel, Seaside. Mr Jones has served the Second World War, they have been A. In your breasts. Greenfield as deacon and assistant treasurer attended by an average of over 2,000 and up to Q: Is there anything I should avoid while Q. Is there a safe alternative to breast pumps? and remains one of their trustees. 6,000 people. recovering from childbirth? A. Yes, baby lips. A: Yes, pregnancy. He now lives in Stepney Road, Pwll. He is still Esperanto has never been a secondary official active and was an enthusiastic cyclist until he language of any recognised country. However, Q. How does one sanitise nipples? Q: Do I have to have a baby shower? A. Bathe daily and wear a clean bra. It beats was 85 years of age. there were plans at the beginning of the 20th A: Not if you change the baby’s nappy very century to establish Neutral Moresnet as the boiling them in a saucepan. We are grateful to Douglas for this article and quickly. thank him for taking the time to share his world's first Esperanto state. In addition, the Q. Since I became pregnant, My breasts, rear Q: Our baby was born last week. When will my thoughts with us. self-proclaimed artificial island micronation of end, and even my feet have grown. Is there wife begin to feel and act normal again? Rose Island used Esperanto as its official anything that gets smaller during pregnancy? language in 1968. In February 2013 an Avaaz A: When the kids are in college. A. Yes, your bladder. petition was created to make Esperanto one of the official languages of the European Union. Q. What is the most common pregnancy SMILING craving? Laugh a lot, and when you are older All the personal documents issued by the World A. For men to be the ones who get pregnant. Service Authority, including the World Passport, all your wrinkles will be in the right Smiling is contagious are written in Esperanto, together with English, places. You catch it like the flu, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese.

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