In March we will be celebrating St David's Day.
St David is
the Patron Saint of Wales and is celebrated on the 1st March. We will be
learning some welsh words, finding out about the Welsh station with the
longest name and hopefully tasting some welsh cakes !
Oh and can I have egg boxes from Monday please were making daffodils,
also a paint brush and an apron (things could get messy!!!).
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
This
Welsh town on the island of Anglesey is only known due to the fact that it
has a very long name, and is the longest railway station name in Britain,
and probably the longest domain name in the world.
The
name translates as 'St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near
a rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave'.
Originally
called Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, which means 'The Mary church by the pool
near the white hazels' the village was renamed in the 19th Century.
This
was around the time when the railway was built between Chester and
Holyhead at the beginning of the 1850s. A local committee was put together
to try and encourage trains, travellers and 19th Century tourists to stop
at the village in order to help develop the village as a commercial and
tourist centre. It is believed that the name
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch was invented by
a cobbler from Menai Bridge; little did he know that he had implemented
one of the most successful tourist marketing plans of all time. Today the
village is signposted as Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and is known to locals as
Llanfairpwll or Llanfair.
LLAN - FAIR - PWLL - GWYN -
GYLL - GO - GER - YCH - WYRN - DROB - WLL - LLAN - TY - SILIO - GO - GO -
GOCH
Have
Fun!
