Calennig
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Channel: Harry Hayfield · 2014 · People & Blogs
Calennig is a Welsh tradition where children sing or recite a Welsh rhyme to celebrate the New Year and are rewarded with a treat. The rhyme sung is: "Dydd calan yw hi heddiw, Rwy'n dyfod ar eich traws, I 'mofyn am y geiniog, Neu grwst, a bara a chaws. O dewch i'r drws yn siriol Heb newid dim o'ch gwedd; Cyn daw dydd calan eto Bydd llawer yn y bedd" which translates as "Today is the start of the new year, and I have come to you to ask for coins, or a crust, and bread and cheese. O come to the door cheerfully without changing your appearance; Before the next arrival of the new year many will be dead"
