Christmas in Liskeard - Nadelik yn Lyskerrys

Christmas in Liskeard

The first of December was the proper start of Christmas in Liskeard.

On the Friday, Golden Tree, Liskeard Town Council and Devon and Cornwall Railway Partnership organised

‘Christmas trains’.

The first train was for children and was completely full.

Father Christmas was there teaching the children a few words of Cornish and giving away sprouts! In the other train afterwards, everyone sang Cornish carols all the way to Looe and back to Liskeard.

The next morning, there was a treasure hunt for the children of the area. 

50 children from the seven schools there where Golden Tree are teaching Cornish took part and completed the trail (almost 100 started!). This was their chance to use their Cornish in shops in Liskeard and show off what they had learnt. The seven schools are: Darite, Hillfort, Coads Green, Trenode, Liskeard, St Cleer and a home school group.

That evening, there was ‘An Helgh Gwyls’ (‘the Wild Hunt’) – a short performance of the story of ‘Dando and his dogs’. A group of twenty people performed the short play and songs all in Cornish in the middle of the town, in five pubs and in the town hall. 

This year, Councillor Jessie Foote made for a fine white stag in the play. It was excellent to see so much Cornish all around Liskeard and almost everyone in the town must have heard the language being spoken or sung at least once that weekend! 

Many thanks to Liskeard Town Council, Golden Tree, and to the Devon and Cornwall Railway Partnership for their work!

Nadelik yn Lyskerrys

Dy’Sadorn Kala Kevardhu o dalleth gwir Nadelik yn Lyskerrys.

Dy’Gwener, Gwedhen Owr, Konsel an Dre Lyskerrys ha Keskowethyans Hynshorn Dewnans ha Kernow a restras ‘trenow Nadelik’.

An kynsa tren o rag fleghes ha leun yn tien o. 

Yth esa Tas Nadelik y’n tren ow tyski geryow kernewek dhe’n fleghes ha ranna kowligow! Hag y’n nessa tren, pubonan a ganas karolyow yn Kernewek oll an fordh dhe Logh hag arta dhe Lyskerrys.

Ternos, yth esa Helgh Tresor rag fleghes an ranndir.

50 flogh a-dhyworth an 7 skol ena ha le mayth usi Gwedhen Owr ow tyski Kernewek, a gemeras

rann ha kowlwul an tro (ogas ha 100 a dhallathas!).

Hemm o aga chons dhe dhevnydha aga Hernewek yn gwerthjiow yn Lyskerrys ha diskwedhes an pyth a wrussens dyski. An seyth skol yw: Darith, Din Lyskerrys, Glesincoad, Trenoda, Lyskerrys, S. Kler ha bagas skol tre.

An gorthugher na, yth esa “An Helgh Gwyls”, performyans berr an hwedhel “Dando hag y

Geun”. Bagas a ugens den a berformyas an gwari berr ha kanow oll yn Kernewek yn kres an dre, yn pymp diwotti hag yn hel an dre. 

An vledhen ma, Konselor Jessie Foote a wrug karow gwynn brav y’n gwari.

Splann o dhe weles kemmys a Gernewek oll a-dro dhe Lyskerrys ha certan yw y hwrug ogas ha pubonan y’n dre klewes an yeth kewsys po kenys yn lyha unnweyth an bennseythen na! Meur ras bras dhe Gonsel an Dre Lyskerrys, Gwedhen Owr ha Keskowethyans Hynshorn Dewnans ha Kernow a oll aga ober!

Mur ras Kevren.