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St David's Day
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Do schools in Wales still get the afternoon off on St David's Day? (When I was in primary school, we used to spend the morning get photographed in our Welsh costumes for the local paper and then we went home at lunchtime.) Excellent tradition (one of the few things I remember about my school days).
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Oh, what a shame they stopped it. I had a 'proper' outfit with the works - lacey mop hat thing, felt Welsh hat, strange patterned jacket thing that had the corners pulled back, etc. I expect that would be quite expensive to buy these days (even when I was in primary in the mid to late 70's there were some plastic (!) hats creeping).
When I served in a Welsh infantry regiment (now sadly amalgamated) the first words uttered by every soldier to each other serving within the unit were "Y Dewi Sant".
The morning was then spent playing rubgy, being served lunch by the Officers and Senior NCO's, the afternoon spent in the barracks bar, then an inter-company boxing (a sport I flatly refused to partake in) competition in the evening.
Some of the best days of my life!
The morning was then spent playing rubgy, being served lunch by the Officers and Senior NCO's, the afternoon spent in the barracks bar, then an inter-company boxing (a sport I flatly refused to partake in) competition in the evening.
Some of the best days of my life!
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