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Anniebach Wed 15-Mar-17 10:24:43

Just a little reminder such a country exists in the UK smile

callgirl1 Tue 04-Apr-17 21:25:24

Thank you for confirming it Anniebach.

SparklyGrandma Tue 04-Apr-17 21:12:44

Anniebach here in my Welsh valley many men still wear Dai caps....

Anniebach Tue 04-Apr-17 21:08:41

My Dai cap is better than your Dai cap ?

rosesarered Tue 04-Apr-17 20:25:23

Is there a farmer in the house? He will know.??‍?Here he is....Dai Cap!

rosesarered Tue 04-Apr-17 20:24:07

Or does it mean from a very tall lamp post? Or a very deserved execution?

Galen Tue 04-Apr-17 20:21:19

Well. A really good rib of beef should be hung for 21 days.. is that what it. Means???

JessM Tue 04-Apr-17 20:06:29

Some people are interestingly naive. I was in a singing workshop. We were learning a song by Bowie which described someone as "well hung". There was a bit of giggling in the sopranos. After a few minutes a middle aged man standing near me said "What does well hung mean?"

Anniebach Tue 04-Apr-17 20:04:54

Ana, not brave, try telling a crowd of builders to shift their **s , and if on a hill farm less chance of it blowing away

Anniebach Tue 04-Apr-17 20:02:18

Sorry meant We'll keep a Welcome

Anniebach Tue 04-Apr-17 20:01:09

callgirl, Hiraeth is close to longing but deeper, there is no word in English which means exactly the same, a longing, homesickness, longing for Wales and yes it is in Land of My Fathers , Richard Burton often of spoke of it, sounds so sentimental but many Welsh people will tell you Wales just will not let them go .

Jalima1108 Tue 04-Apr-17 19:12:45

Oh - kiss
Why did I always think it was 'give'?
(which doesn't make sense).

gettingonabit Tue 04-Apr-17 18:41:40

"we'll kiss away each hour of hiraeth..."

Yes, that's it, from We'll Keep a Welcome.

rosesarered Tue 04-Apr-17 18:34:24

In England, it would be an Andy Cap.

rosesarered Tue 04-Apr-17 18:32:49

grin ah, what an innocent he was Galen
Now, get ready for that head shot, steady hands please! Get that Dai cap.

Galen Tue 04-Apr-17 17:48:43

Young biology master at school could never understand why we found a type of agriculture called Dutch capping hilarious

Galen Tue 04-Apr-17 17:46:47

Means a sense of longing I believe

callgirl1 Tue 04-Apr-17 17:24:41

Anniebach, I think you`ve just solved something I`ve puzzled over for years! The word you used in a post yesterday, Hiraeth, is that the word in the song, We`ll Keep a Welcome? I`ve listened to my copy of Harry Secombe singing it since I was a teenager, and have never bee able to figure the word out.

Jalima1108 Tue 04-Apr-17 17:14:54

Oh! I'd never heard of it called that, must tell DH.
We had a friend called Dai, he had a beautiful singing voice.

Ana Tue 04-Apr-17 17:12:59

roses - were you thinking of a Dutch cap? grin

Blimey Annie, that does sound rather brave!

Anniebach Tue 04-Apr-17 17:09:32

Just for you Rosesarered I will confess , I wear a Dai cap when i go on building sites to do battle with a group of workmen, I look quite butch grin

A Dai cap is a flat cap, was once worn by the working man

BBbevan Tue 04-Apr-17 16:09:28

Ach y fi

rosesarered Tue 04-Apr-17 15:00:33

We need a pic of one?

rosesarered Tue 04-Apr-17 14:58:59

grin??☔️
You need a pacamac not a pashmina in Wales.

Galen send for you best bowman (*bags*)?

Heehee.... I was just messing about saying things about the Dai cap ( have no clue what it is.) Just sounded a bit, medical.

SparklyGrandma Tue 04-Apr-17 13:55:46

Rain in Wales? Not heavily surely? I mean what's a bit of drizzle, day in, day out rosesarered?

SparklyGrandma Tue 04-Apr-17 13:53:27

Exactly Anniebach or worse in Chester where their bye laws state any Welsh man found in the town after dusk can be hung... agree its too flat....

A Dai cap is a Dai cap, isnt it?