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a stained glass window with a saint holding a dove in it's hand and an eagle

Happy St David’s Day! Yes, 1st March is the feast day of St David (Dewi Sant), the patron saint of Wales. Why am I posting about that on the Anne Boleyn Files? I hear you ask. Well, one reason is that I’m half Welsh and my Welsh roots are important to me, but the main …

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a stained glass window with a man holding a bird

St. David (DEGUI, DEWI). Bishop and Confessor, patron of Wales. He is usually represented standing on a little hill, with a dove on his shoulder. From time immemorial the Welsh have worn a leek on St. David’s day, in memory of a battle against the Saxons, at which it is said they wore leeks in […]

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a stained glass window with a man holding a book

Wyck Rissington lies a few miles south of Stow-on-the-Wold just off the Fosse Way. In contrast to it's neighbour Bourton on the Water, Wyck Rissington seems a tranquil haven lost in time. Wyck is a Saxon term for an outlying farm while Rissington refers to a hill covered in brush. The village sprawls along a broad village green for a mile or more with houses set far back from the roadside. A beautiful collection of Cotswold cottages and farms meander past the village pond and down to the…

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March 1 is St David's Day, the Welsh national day. Saint David is typically depicted holding a dove, and often standing on a hillock. His symbol is the leek. His flower is the daffodil.

March 1 is St David's Day, the Welsh national day. Saint David is typically depicted holding a dove, and often standing on a hillock. His symbol is the leek. His flower is the daffodil.

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happy st david's day with yellow daffodils in the foreground

Happy St David's Day! Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus! Today is March 1, which means that it is St David's Day, which celebrates the patron saint of Wales. Typical celebrations that occur on or around St David's

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