"Badger Face Welsh Mountain sheep The Badger Face Welsh Mountain (Welsh ""Defaid Idloes"" ; also known as ""Badger Faced Welsh Mountain"" or ""Welsh Badger-faced"") is a distinct variety of the Welsh Mountain breed of domestic sheep bred for Sheep farming in Wales. It is a hardy upland breed known for producing a high percentage of twins and triplets under good conditions. It appears in two sub-varieties of its own: the ""Torddu"" (, ""black-bellied""), which has a white fleece with dark face and belly, and the ""Torwen"" (, ""white-bellied""), which has a black body with a white belly and white stripes"
"horse, which has been registered in America as a separate breed since 1981. All sections of Welsh ponies and Cobs have small heads with large eyes, sloped shoulders, short backs and strong hindquarters. The forelegs are straight and the cannon bone short. The tail is high-set. The breed ranges from for the smallest ponies to over for the tallest Cobs. They may be any solid colour, but not piebald, skewbald, (US: pinto) or leopard-spotted. Black, grey, chestnut and bay are the most common, but there are also duns and palominos. However, it should be noted that British equine colour terminology"
"bread and cheese. These are served separately on a plate. The dish was traditionally cooked in an iron pot or cauldron over the fire and eaten with wooden spoons. The Welsh phrase ""gwneud cawl o [rywbeth]"" (literally ""(to) make a cawl of [something]"") means 'to mess something up'. The word ""cawl"" in Welsh is first recorded in the 14th century, and is thought to come from the Latin ""caulis"", meaning the stalk of a plant, a cabbage stalk or a cabbage. An alternative suggestion is that it is from Latin ""calidus"", meaning warm, as this is the source of Spanish"
"necessary. This has important consequences for the health of both the animal and its keeper. This breed is raised primarily for meat. The Llanwenog is a medium-sized breed. Rams can reach or more and ewes average . The face and legs are black with a tuft of wool on the forehead. The wool is of high quality with a Bradford count of 56/58 and a staple length of . The breed is prolific, most ewes having twins, and the lambs are fast growing, twin lambs reaching a carcase weight of in 56 days. The sheep are long-lived, docile and easy"
"eating meat and drinking beer. His symbol, also the symbol of Wales, is the leek (this inspires a reference in Shakespeare's Henry V, Act V scene 1) : ""Fluellen: ""If your Majesty is remembered of it, the Welshmen did good service in a garden where leeks did grow, wearing leeks in their Monmouth caps, which your Majesty knows, to this hour is an honourable badge of the service, and I do believe, your Majesty takes no scorn to wear the leek upon Saint Tavy's day"". King Henry: ""I wear it for a memorable honour; for I am Welsh, you know,"
"Winnie (name) Winnie or Winny (\win-ny\) is a male and female given name of Welsh origin, a short form (hypocorism) of Edwina, Winifred or Winnifred, Gwendolyn, Guinevere (Welsh), Gwyneth (Welsh), and Wynne (Welsh). The name's meaning is fair one; white and smooth; soft; happiness; or fair and pure. The popularity of the name Winnie steadily declined among American women in the 20th century, but in the 1990 US Census, still ranked 699th of 4276. It is also a male name from Cambodia (meaning bright), or a short form of Winston, the best known example being Winston Churchill. It can derive"
"from many other names ending in -win such as Edwin, Darwin, etc. or simply be a nickname for the Welsh name Wyn meaning ""Fair, white; blessed, holy"". Winnie (name) Winnie or Winny (\win-ny\) is a male and female given name of Welsh origin, a short form (hypocorism) of Edwina, Winifred or Winnifred, Gwendolyn, Guinevere (Welsh), Gwyneth (Welsh), and Wynne (Welsh). The name's meaning is fair one; white and smooth; soft; happiness; or fair and pure. The popularity of the name Winnie steadily declined among American women in the 20th century, but in the 1990 US Census, still ranked 699th of"
"majesty, praised be God, so long as your majesty is an honest man."" At this point Henry refers to his own Welsh origins, declaring ""I am Welsh"". Another scene towards the end of the play also undermines the mockery in the portrayal of the Welsh Fluellen: Ancient Pistol mocks Fluellen for wearing a leek in his cap on Saint David's Day in commemoration of a legendary Welsh victory against the Saxons. Fluellen beats Pistol and makes him eat the raw leek, with his comrade-in-arms Gower commenting, ""You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could"
"Welsh language Welsh (; ) or () is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages. It is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in ""Y Wladfa"" (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as ""Cambrian"", ""Cambric"" and ""Cymric"". Of usual residents in Wales aged three and over, 19.0% were able to speak Welsh according to the United Kingdom Census 2011. According to the 2001 Census, 20.8 per cent of the population aged 3+ were able to speak Welsh. This suggests that there was a decrease in"
"medium of Welsh . The Cymanfa Ganu is one of the unique features of Welsh culture and its preservation is being supported by a number of Welsh cultural associations, such as the New Zealand National Gymanfa Ganu Association and the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association (North America). Once a year, a four-day North American Festival of Wales (a Gymanfa Ganu, commonly just referred to as a ""National"") is held in North America over the Labor Day weekend. The four-day festival opens on Thursday night with a ""Noson Lawen"", which some call a Welsh Amateur Night. The weekend continues with an"
"Culture of Wales Wales is a country in Western Europe that has a distinctive culture including its own language, customs, politics, holidays and music. Wales is primarily represented by the symbol of the red Welsh Dragon, but other national emblems include the leek and daffodil. The Welsh words for leeks (""cennin"") and daffodils (""cennin Pedr"", lit. ""(Saint) Peter's Leeks"") are closely related and it is likely that one of the symbols came to be used due to a misunderstanding for the other one, though it is less clear which came first. Although Wales has been identified as having been inhabited"
"female given name. It appears in the third stanza of Hen Wlad fy Nhadau, the national anthem of Wales. ""Awen"" derives from the Indo-European root ""*-uel"", meaning 'to blow', and has the same root as the Welsh word ""awel"" meaning 'breeze'. The first recorded attestation of the word occurs in Nennius' ""Historia Brittonum"", a Latin text of c. 796, based in part on earlier writings by the Welsh monk, Gildas. It occurs in the phrase 'Tunc talhaern tat aguen in poemate claret' (Talhaern the father of the muse was then renowned in poetry) where the Old Welsh word ""aguen"" (awen)"
"Thomas. (No comprehensive grammar of formal literary Welsh exists in English.) An English-language guide to colloquial Welsh forms and register and dialect differences is by Ceri Jones. Welsh language Welsh (; ) or () is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages. It is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in ""Y Wladfa"" (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as ""Cambrian"", ""Cambric"" and ""Cymric"". Of usual residents in Wales aged three and over, 19.0% were able to speak Welsh according to the United Kingdom Census"
"a great person. In some parts of Leinster, she is referred to as the ""bean chaointe"" (keening woman) whose wail can be so piercing that it shatters glass. In Scottish folklore, a similar creature is known as the bean nighe or ""ban nigheachain"" (little washerwoman) or ""nigheag na h-àth"" (little washer at the ford) and is seen washing the bloodstained clothes or armour of those who are about to die. In Welsh folklore, a similar creature is known as the hag of the mist. Banshee A banshee or bean-sídhe ( ; Modern Irish , , from , , ""woman of"
"Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep The Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep is one of a number of varieties of Welsh Mountain sheep, bred for sheep farming in Wales. It has a distinctive colour pattern of a black body with white extremities. It originates in the Tywi valley in Wales. This breed is raised primarily for meat. The Balwen sheep has a base colour of black, fading to brown in sunlight and greying with age. It has a white blaze on the face, four white feet (referred to as ""socks""), and white covering the last half or more of the tail – the"
"Nodens. ""Gwyn"" is in everyday use as a common noun and adjective: it also remains a popular personal name. The Brythonic form of this name would have been *""Windos"". Especially in Old and Middle Welsh, ""gwyn"" also has the connotations of ""pure, sacred, holy"". The feminine form, ""gwen"", is the root of ""Gwenhwyfar"", the original Welsh form of Guinevere. Gwyn ap Nudd Gwyn ap Nudd (, sometimes found with the antiquated spelling Gwynn ap Nudd) is a Welsh mythological figure, the king of the ""Tylwyth Teg"" or ""fair folk"" and ruler of the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn, and whose name means"
"suggestion according to which the Germanic name Theodoric was in origin a theonym borrowed from Gaulish into early Germanic religion. The Welsh given name Llywelyn combines the theonyms Lugus and Belenus. The name of the ancient British king Cunobelinus may mean ""hound of Belinos"". Alternatively, in accordance with modern Welsh rendering ""Cynfelyn,"" it could mean ""precursor to Belinos,"" ""one who precedes Belinos."" The name of legendary king Belinus in Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain is probably also derived from this god. Beli Mawr (i.e. ""Beli the Great""), an ancestor figure in medieval Welsh literature, has also"
"is white with a dark face and belly, and the ""Torwen"" (, ""white-bellied""), which is black with a white belly and white stripes over the eyes. The Balwen Welsh Mountain is black (fading to brown in sunlight and greying with age) with a white blaze on the face, white socks on legs below hocks and a part-white tail. Black Welsh Mountain sheep (""Defaid Mynydd Duon"", ) are entirely black. Many flocks of white Welsh Mountains contain one or two black sheep, but these sheep are now also bred as a consistent black variety. The South Wales Mountain is similar to"
"on Welsh television series, notably the animation ""SuperTed"" and more recently ""Meees"", about a family of multicultural operatic sheep (""meees"" being the Welsh for ""baaas"", the noise that sheep make). Ceredig, who became a household name in Wales, was a gregarious man with a remarkable gift for forging firm friendships. A fan of sport in general, his overriding passion was for rugby, and for a time he served as chairman of Bridgend Rugby Club. He was also a devotee of the Turf, and at one period was the part-owner of a racehorse. Ceredig was married to Margaret, and they had"
"used to describe the Welsh cob, and in the sizing of bridles for horses, designating a smaller size that will fit not only the Welsh cob, but also many Morgans, Arabians, some American Quarter Horses, and other horses with short, triangular-shaped heads. In general terms, cobs are larger than ponies, standing or taller, but are relatively small and compact, usually with somewhat short legs. The breed of horse known today as the Section D Welsh cob exemplifies the classic build of the historic cob. It is said that good show cob should have ""the head of a lady and the"
"Welsh Pony and Cob The Welsh Pony and Cob is a group of four closelyrelated horse breeds including both pony and cob types, which originated in Wales in the United Kingdom. The four sections within the breed society for the Welsh breeds are primarily distinguished by height, and also by variations in type: the smallest Welsh Mountain Pony (Section A); the slightly taller but refined Welsh Pony of riding type (Section B) popular as a children's show mount; the small but stocky Welsh Pony of Cob Type (Section C), popular for riding and competitive driving; and the tallest, the Welsh"
"Cob (Section D), which can be ridden by adults. Welsh ponies and cobs in all sections are known for their good temperament, hardiness, and free-moving gaits. Native ponies existed in Wales before 1600 BC, and a Welsh-type cob was known as early as the Middle Ages. They were influenced by the Arabian horse, and possibly also by the Thoroughbred and the Hackney horse. In 1901, the first stud book for the Welsh breeds was established in the United Kingdom, and in 1907 another registry was established in the United States. Interest in the breed declined during the Great Depression, but"
"Neolithic input than both the Irish and the Basques. Genetic marker R1b averages from 83–89% amongst the Welsh. DNA research conducted by CymruDNA Wales has shown that a percentage of Welshmen living today are descended from ancient Kings and Princes of Wales, the quintessential DNA signature R-L371 aka S300 snp downstream from R1b-L21 (S145) is believed to have originated in North Wales around 1000 AD. Recent DNA evidence suggests that Welsh people descended specifically from middle eastern DNA carriers, an idea previously proposed at least as early as the 19th century, in ""History of the Welsh Baptist"" by Jonathan Davis."
"lived momentum in the 1960s. In a 1997 referendum Welsh voters approved the devolution of governmental responsibility to a National Assembly for Wales, which first met in 1999. The earliest known human remain discovered in modern-day Wales is a Neanderthal jawbone, found at the Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site in the valley of the River Elwy in North Wales, whose owner lived about 230,000 years ago in the Lower Palaeolithic period. The Red Lady of Paviland, a human skeleton dyed in red ochre, was discovered in 1823 in one of the Paviland limestone caves of the Gower Peninsula in Swansea, South Wales."
"encountered place-name elements in Wales are shown in the table below. The Welsh version shown is the original, unmutated reference form. In the majority of cases in Wales, the Welsh and English names for a place are identical, almost always because the Welsh name is used. So, for example, Aberystwyth, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Bangor, Machynlleth and Llandudno all have the same spelling in Welsh and English, although it is also often the case that many English people do not pronounce the name in the same way as the Welsh. There are also many instances where the Welsh and English names are"
"in Welsh is a combination of the word ""gwen"" (mod. ""gwyn"") which means ""white"" or ""fair"" and ""hwyfar"" which means a ""spirit"" or ""fairy"". This is also the origin of Jennifer, another name that sounds similar to Juniper. Because the Latin ""Juniperus"" family of names are the same or very similar-sounding to the Welsh Guinevere family of names, it is very difficult to determine, for names that begin with gin-, jen-, or jun-, which family they ultimately originated with. Juniper (given name) The given name Juniper is either in reference to the English common name for the juniper tree or"
"was prohibited in the United Kingdom in 2006, being preferred in order to complete the image of a square dog, as tall as it is long. The body shape is rectangular, with an elongated, ""brick-like"" face. This shape is formed by the whiskers and beard. With pedigrees the face can take a more oval shape and be finer boned and more distinct. The hair contains two layers, an undercoat that insulates and an abrasive fur on top that protects against dirt, rain, and wind. Welsh Terriers are born mostly all black and during the first year they change the color"
"and North, Welsh is the dominant native language. Nevertheless, there are a number of communities throughout the country to which these generalisations do not apply. For example, despite being located in the overwhelmingly English-speaking city of Swansea, 45% of Mawr's residents speak Welsh as their native language. According to the 2011 census, Welsh is spoken by 19% of the population and English is spoken by 99% of the population. Welsh English or Anglo-Welsh is the distinct form of English used in Wales. Aside from lexical borrowings from Welsh like ""bach"" (little, wee), ""eisteddfod"", ""nain"" and ""taid"" (""grandmother"" and ""grandfather"" respectively),"
"stripes on the front of the legs, as in the Lelwel hartebeest. The Swayne's hartebeest is smaller than the Tora hartebeest, but both have a shorter forehead and similar appearance. Generally short and shiny, the coat varies in colour according to subspecies. The western hartebeest is a pale sandy-brown, but the front of the legs are darker. The red hartebeest is a reddish-brown, with a dark face. Black markings can be observed on the chin, the back of the neck, shoulders, hips and legs; these are in sharp contrast with the broad white patches that mark its flanks and lower"
"apart and the rib cage is deep. The tail is thick and smooth at the root and the underline of the animal is straight. The loin is well-muscled and the flank and belly are thick. The hind-quarters are strong but not flabby, with well-rounded hams that are firm and thick. The hind legs are of moderate length, straight with good bone and set widely apart. The skin is thin and unwrinkled and the coat is fine and straight. Welsh pigs are generally white in colour but sometimes have a few black spots. Both sexes have at least twelve teats. Boars"
"enhanced by the addition of fresh, wild field mushrooms. Although Welsh Mountain Sheep are smaller than other British sheep breeds, it is considered to have a sweeter flavour and to have more meat nearer the bone. Generally, the shoulder of Welsh lamb is more succulent, and has a higher fat content, than the leg. However, due to the difficulty of carving it, shops tend to sell shoulder of lamb already boned and rolled. Up until the nineteenth century, mutton was a popular dish in Wales. However, due to changes in farming practices and food preferences, it is no longer part"
"Wales, first appeared in 1845; the oldest Welsh publication still in print. About 78% of the land surface of Wales is given over to agricultural use. However, very little of this is arable land; the vast majority consists of permanent grass pasture or rough grazing for herd animals such as sheep and cows. Although both beef and dairy cattle are raised widely, especially in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, Wales is more well known for its sheep farming and thus lamb is the meat traditionally associated with Welsh cooking. Traditional dishes include laverbread (made from laver (""Porphyra umbilicalis""), an edible seaweed); bara"
"Welsh pig The Welsh is a breed of domestic pig native to Wales. It is a large white breed known for its hardiness in outdoor (extensive) farming, its long, pear-shaped body and its lop-ears. The breed was first mentioned in the 1870s, and after the Howitt committee report in 1955, became the third most common sire in the United Kingdom after the Large White pig and British Landrace pig. The Welsh pig experienced a decline in numbers in the late twentieth century because consumer demands had changed and the carcase was considered too fatty. In 2005 the breed was considered"